Carl Lewis Quotes

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.

Carl Lewis

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SportsDiscriminationBackGoWant

My happiness is being able to present my talents for people to see, and I feel like I'm an ambassador of Thai history and Thai culture on film so that people can see Muay Thai.

Tony Jaa

HappinessHistoryCulturePeopleSee

Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing.

Robert B. Parker

WritingThinkSomeoneDoingYou

A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

Missy Franklin

LoveFunMeSwimmingMuchPart

The man that's out to do something has to keep in high gear all the time.

Douglas Fairbanks

TimeManOutHighKeepSomething

We have altered the physical, chemical and biological properties of the planet on a geological scale. We have left no part of the globe untouched.

David Suzuki

PlanetLeftGlobeChemicalPhysical

Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.

Brett Kavanaugh

ConstitutionSittingPresident

I love writing.

Bonnie Hunt

LoveWritingI Love

Heading to Paris when I was 17 and modelling exposed me to high fashion, which influenced me to dress on-trend - not extravagantly, but always in fashion.

Suzy Amis

DressMeFashionParisAlwaysHigh

I remember three- and four-week-long snow days, and drifts so deep a small child, namely me, could get lost in them. No such winter exists in the record, but that's how Ohio winters seemed to me when I was little - silent, silver, endless, and dreamy.

Susan Orlean

WinterSnowChildMeSmallDeep

Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something.

Penn Jillette

DayTreesInternetDoingIceEarth

The budgets we work on in Congress are more than just fiscal documents; they are a reflection of our moral values as well. In choosing where to spend money, members of Congress choose what priorities they value.

Tim Walz

WorkReflectionMoneyValueChoose

To me 'The Big Easy' is shorthand for owning big stocks that are easy for wary investors to buy into. These stocks tend to outperform during the back half of bull markets.

Kenneth Fisher

MeEasyBackBullBuyBig

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