#la

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about. ↗

— Criss Jami

#children #contagious #contagiousness #funny #humor

To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#about #australia #difference #future #government

The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold. ↗

— David Rudisha

#cold #few #i #plays #races

Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record. ↗

— David Rudisha

#already #body #break #coming #future

Races always are good to show where you are reaching in your training as well as to keep you sharpened. Every race, in my program, I put it in a special way like a ladder, climbing up slowly and slowly to the next one. I see where my training is, and that is like a test. ↗

— David Rudisha

#climbing #every #good #i #i see

You do, mostly, in track, different sessions, sprinting and medium sessions in different style. You have to see that even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and you can still power the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow. ↗

— David Rudisha

#championships #different #even #last #main

Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#going #plate #step #up

If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#case #chaotic #disaster #first #going

The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#also #communication #department #fema #having

Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#both #capita #congress #done #funding