#athens

If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage. ↗

— Jonathan Brown

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Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured. ↗

— Thucydides

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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championship medal, it's where I set my world record. ↗

— Maurice Greene

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When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

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In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

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The Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. ↗

— Bill Toomey

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