"Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner."

-- Don Kardong

#Olympics Quotes #Runners Quotes

“She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people...”
“If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.”
“Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.”
“A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.”
“I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it.”
“Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.”

Source : John Arbuthnot (1701). “An Essay on the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning,: In a Letter from a Gentleman in the City to His Friend in Oxford..”, p.7
“Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.”

Source : "Carolyn Hax Live: Use the china". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 20, 2015.
“There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.”

Source : Edmund Wilson (1951). “Memoirs of Hecate County”

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