#inn

You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#country #definitely #enough #everything #follow

I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#i #open #something #special #takes

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#going #grand #grand slam #i #out

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#albany #beginners #go #grew #had

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ↗

— Greg Egan

#bit #far-fetched #given #hadn #happened

The study of history is the beginning of political wisdom. ↗

— Jean Bodin

#history #political #study #wisdom

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table. ↗

— Bob Ehrlich

#conversations #dinner #dinner table #ever #had

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables. ↗

— John Boehner

#cincinnati #dad #floors #growing #growing up

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life. ↗