"When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it."

-- Carl Lewis

#Years Quotes #Gold Quotes #Events Quotes

“Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.”
“Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don't get me started. But don't you agree that the Internet has softened our brains and made us forget that 'choice' used to mean something different from selecting options from menus?”
“But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women - I'd rather have [an] anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone.”
“I'm interested in that hybrid - the place between the real world and my imagination. There's a friction that's created between the things we imagine and the things that exist.”

Source : Interview with Scott Indrisek, believermag.com. October 1, 2006.
“The legislator must be in advance of his age. Across the mind of the statesman flash ever and anon the brilliant, though partial, intimations of future events.... Something which is more than fore-sight and less than prophetic knowledge marks the statesman a peculiar being among his contemporaries.”
“[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.”
“Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.”
“That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.”

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