"The time to be upset is during the race, when you can actually do something about it. Nothing could be done now. A thousand times I'd told them: the key to racing is to come off the water regretting nothing."

“I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event”

“For getting lean and trying to get toned, it's not about having a low weight and maximising as many reps as possible.”

Source : Source: www.askmen.com

“I've been a voice for many people.”

Source : "Pa. House race mirrors maze of immigration issue" by Kathy Kiely, abcnews.go.com.

“I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.”

“These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy.”

Source : "America’s public servants are now its masters". www.ft.com. September 10, 2010.

“Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.”

“Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel's Theorem ...”

Source : "Gravity's Rainbow". Book by Thomas Pynchon, 1973.

“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.”

Source : Marge Piercy (2016). “Gone to Soldiers: A Novel”, p.685, Open Road Media