"By the time I was 12 I was challenging every boy in our neighborhood at running, jumping, everything."

-- Wilma Rudolph

#Running Quotes #Boys Quotes #Jumping Quotes

“We should have understood long ago that there is, in this world, religion without God, religion as a center of all idols that possess fallen man, religion that is the justification for these idols.”
“To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.”
“I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.”
“When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.”
“I'm not a feminist at all.”
“My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.”
“But fairness is where weâ€™re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are hashing out their feelings about gays and lesbians. The trajectory is undeniable. The trend line is clear. And the choice before the justices is whether to be handmaidens to history, or whether to sit it out.”
“Some people haven't got a life, I suppose. They want to be on the road all the time.”

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