"Reading for writers is like training for athletes."

-- Linda Sue Park

#Reading Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Training Quotes

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down â€˜happyâ€™. They told me I didnâ€™t understand the assignment, and I told them they didnâ€™t understand life.”
“The Indian youth needs to be empowered, and it can be done through good education and vocational training.”
“I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.”
“Der Sieger wird immer der Richter und der Besiegte stets der Angeklagte sein. The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.”

Source : "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1995 edition, p. 4, 1947.
“Set a thief to catch a thief.”

Source : Hesiod, Callimachus, James Davies, Theognis, Sir Charles Abraham Elton (1856). “The Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis”, p.207, London : H.G. Bohn
“I wanted to clear all the lies and let the truth come out. I have hate crawling through my system.”
“Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at the times when they can be recited.”

Source : Hermann Ebbinghaus (1913). “Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology”
“...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.”

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