"Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition."

-- Alberto Juantorena

#Country Quotes #Government Quotes #Support Quotes

“I wear glasses myself. As an affectation, as a badge of high intellect and to see with.”
“Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.”
“Don't go to business school.”
“If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking.”
“The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness is based on the fact that there is no official religion.”
“the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.”
“Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.”

Source : "Sue Townsend: 'I hate it when people call me a national treasure'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.
“I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen”

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