"For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art."

-- Avery Brundage

#Art Quotes #Games Quotes #Long Quotes

“We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.”

Source : Terry Goodkind (2018). “Debt of Bones”, p.96, Tor Fantasy
“You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.”
“Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery.”
“And try to remember what we discussed, Susannah. A mediator is someone who helps others resolve conflicts. Not someone who, er, kicks them in the face.”
“I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.”
“I'm a collector. I think it's great for everybody. Artists like it, they answer positively.”
“He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.”

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