"Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years."

-- Hermann Maier

#Years Quotes #Idols Quotes

“The similarities among different kinds of audiences far outweigh the differences.”
“Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do.”
“I wish I understood the beauty in leaves falling. To whom are we beautiful as we go?”

Source : David Ignatow (2011). “Against the Evidence: Selected Poems, 1934–1994”, p.72, Wesleyan University Press
“The idea of The Boy Vs. The Cynic is the tension between the wide-eyed optimism in youthfulness where you think nothing can go wrong, "I've got the world ahead of me. I'm gonna be a go-getter.”
“There is an unseen sweetness in the stomachâ€™s emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come forth. When the brain and the belly burn from fasting, every moment a new song rises out of the fire. The mists clear, and a new vitality makes you spring up the steps before you . . .”
“I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same thing, and I would ask everyone to make no mistake about that”

Source : Boris Yeltsin's speech to the summit of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Istanbul, news.bbc.co.uk. November 18, 1999.
“It's far more difficult being a small-business owner starting a business than it is for me with thousands of people working for us and 400 companies. Building a business from scratch is 24 hours, 7 days a week, divorces, it's difficult to hold your family life together, it's bloody hard work and only one word really matters - and that's surviving.”
“Having an eye is one thing, but you have to be able to execute.”

Source : "Women in Design: Kelly Wearstler". Interview with Mayer Rus, www.elledecor.com. October 18, 2010.

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