"I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming."

-- Michael Phelps

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“One of life's primal situations; the game of hide and seek. Oh, the delicious thrill of hiding while the others come looking for you, the delicious terror of being discovered, but what panic when, after a long search, the others abandon you! You mustn't hide too well. You mustn't be too good at the game. The player must never be bigger than the game itself.”
“Eve said to the serpent, “You know I could go for a bite to eat, but I don't know you from Adam.””
“If a band isn't coming up with two to four of those when they pick up their instruments, then they have problems - even if none of them turn into a song. If that's not happening in a band, it's time for therapy or breaking up.”
“We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.”

Source : Francis Parkman (2016). “The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American”, p.8, VM eBooks
“It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each otherâ€™s pockets and somehow get rich.”
“In eighteenth-century England, there was a practice of hiring a picturesque hermit who would inhabit the beautiful ruin on your estate. To me it rhymes with certain kinds of pop-music entertainers and eccentrics - both touted and tolerated.”

Source : Interview with Nick Hallett, logger.believermag.com. May 16, 2013.
“Literature is not an instruction manual.”

Source : Charles Baxter (1997). “Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction”
“I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at,”

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