"Coming into the Games I knew I was in five events but I didn't expect to get a medal in every distance, especially the 5,000."

-- Cindy Klassen

#Distance Quotes #Games Quotes #Events Quotes

“At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far.”
“I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. November 18, 2009.
“Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them.”
“I do what I do because there's nothing else for me to do. This is what I'm supposed to be doing. It is in my soul to spread love and laughter. Even if I wasn't an actress or a comedian, I would be spreading love and laughter [with] whatever I did.”

Source : Interview with Reina Shay Broussard, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.
“There were stories coming out of Thailand that slave labor was being used to catch and process the seafood we eat. They were nearly all from Miramar. Because of reports of widespread labor abuses, several countries are now considering a ban on imports of Thai seafood.”
“Harriet Tubman, woman of earth, whipscarred, a summoning, a shinning”

Source : Robert Earl Hayden, Frederick Glaysher (1984). “Collected Prose”, p.181, University of Michigan Press
“There is this place in Nashville called Steak and Shake, which is pretty much the best food, ever. That is our secret, sexy place to go. When I look over at her when she's biting into a steak sandwich and there is some steak sauce dripping down her chin, there is nothing sexier.”

Source : "Liam Hemsworth — Why I Think Miley Cyrus Is Smokin’ Hot", hollywoodlife.com. November 10, 2011.
“People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.”

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