"People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in."

-- Amanda Beard

#People Quotes #Want Quotes #Swimmer Quotes

“I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.”
“People around the world were moving from one place to another. No one was staying.”
“It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that.”
“Isn't it true that it's not people who meet, but rather the shadows cast by their imaginations?”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.52, Atlantic Books Ltd
“I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together.”
“American Jewry makes any debate on whether the â€˜Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zionâ€™ are an authentic document or a forgery irrelevant. American Jews do control the world.”
“Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration.”

Source : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole (2003). “On the Social Contract”, p.88, Courier Corporation
“Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.”

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