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1 " Dancers are the athletes of God. "
― Albert Einstein
2 " Unfortunately, we don't have all that many good examples to follow. The people that our cultures label as " successful" are the ones who have become wealthy or famous or celebrities, but the truly successful people--those who have become happy and who are living happy, loving, giving lives--aren't often featured in our newspapers or newscasts. We see the politicians and the criminals and the athletes and the entertainment " stars," but we don't see the people who can truly inspire us to be happy by being just who we are. "
3 " To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written. It is not enough even to be able to speak the language of that nation by which they are written, for there is a memorable interval between the spoken and the written language, the language heard and the language read. "
― Henry David Thoreau
4 " All things old become new again. In my youth the athletes had crew cuts and the hippies had long hair. Now the athletes have long hair and the hippies are bald. "
― Harley King
5 " I know exactly what Einstein meant when he said, " Dancers are the athletes of God." You three look like angels. I can't wait to see you dancing in the Christmas concert. "
6 " The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London. "
7 " I like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress. "
