#cause

I just had this notion that I wanted to do the most extreme thing I could and I also very consciously wanted to do something that was very different from Mars because we were all very close. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

#because #close #consciously #could #different

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

#against #amateur #back #because #discrimination

I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#because #bodies #frequently #get #happen

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#because #best #clear #could #day

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#britain #burnt #england #getting #ginger

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#because #busy #film #film set #good

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#because #examine #experience #isolated #narrow

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#catch #eyes #good #guess #i

It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#comparison #developed #only #script #stage

Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#i #natural #patience #producer #temperamentally