"Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping."

-- Jacques Rogge

#Play Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.”
“~Before, my career came first. All I had to think about was myself. Now my children prevail. It doesn't mean my career is less important; I just have to position things differently.~”
“If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.”

Source : Franz Boas (2014). “Anthropology and Modern Life (Routledge Revivals)”, p.75, Routledge
“Eighteen months ago I weighed 95kg and had a 40-inch waist. Now the waist is down to 34 inches and I weigh nearly 98kg.”
“With nature's help, humankind can set into creation all that is necessary and life sustaining.”
“No one's dream job involves a kiosk.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 29, 2011
“Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectual rewarding and effective lives can easily be made and profitably used by the pragmatic man-in-the street.”

Source : "Shockley's Race View called 'Senile, Fascist'". St. Petersburg Times, September 8, 1971.
“I was going to die and it was taking forever.”

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