#ape

The biggest danger is trying to put too much pressure on yourself, trying to get in too good shape. ↗

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#country #earlier #focus #get #getting

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#athlete #best #big #day #fastest

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#god #gods #human #live #most

Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators. ↗

— Howell Raines

#frankly #monitor #newspaper #set #up

There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and the shape and the sound. ↗

— Gary Ross

#just #meaning #meaning of #music #rhyme

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#builds #choice #choose #escape #every

My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#first #grilling #life #memory #our

Well, I'm a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes. ↗

— Tony Randall

#like #nut #play #tapes #well

There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general. ↗