#ge

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#being #equal #evident #far #half

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#biggest dream #dream #expectations #fulfill #goals

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#away #back #being #competitive #considered

I need to learn how to face challenges. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#face #how #i #learn #need

I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#american #championships #classics #each #feel

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#games #i #image #like #looked

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#characters #come #creating #how #i

Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#everybody #get #goes #life #movies

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#aspire #change #folks #how #image

I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#first #first time #get #grew #i