"In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends."

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Source : Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”

Major Taylor

#Friends Quotes #Men Quotes #Class Quotes

“I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.”

Source : Interview with Drew Barrymore, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 2003.
“In the Horn of Africa now, there are tens of thousands dying from the extreme vulnerability they are living in.”
“If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.”
“Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,' because it's an oblate spheroid. They suffer from 'the curse of knowledge': the inability to imagine what it's like not to know something that they know.”
“I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.”
“Style is joyful if you allow yourself to have joy.”
“It's a culmination of your life of surfing when you turn and paddle in at Mavericks.”
“I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.”

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