#cho

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. ↗

— Roger Bannister

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My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did. ↗

— Roger Bannister

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My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#becoming #came #concentration #doctor #getting

I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life. ↗

— Paul Getty

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Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice. ↗

— Stan Getz

#dedicated #distractions #emerson #full #had

At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#i #really #school #shy #very

When I talk to people, their concern is, how are you going to create jobs? How are you going to help turn this economy around? How are we going to make sure that when my kids get out of high school or college there will be some job there? Those are the concerns that are on their minds. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

#college #concern #concerns #create #economy

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#because #chords #heard #i #i can

Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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