#los

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation

One of the things I give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credit for is that she's able to get things passed and hold her members together because she shows us that she's doing everything possible to get our views into these bills. ↗

— Peter Welch

#because #bills #credit #doing #everything

…¿por qué será que todos los que están por encima de la media en filosofía, política, poesía o en las artes parecen ser melancólicos, y hasta cierto punto están incluso amenazados por enfermedades como la bilis negra? ↗

— Aristotle

#art

I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#freestyle #i #lost #never #race

I'm not even close to those guys, but I don't think anyone loves the game more than me. ↗

— David Wells

#close #even #game #guys #i

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#loser #path #resistance

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#feels #first #had #learned #lost

Μια από τις κυριότερες αποστολές κάθε ηγεμόνα ήταν κατά την άποψη (του Κομφούκιου) η επάρκεια διατροφής για όλους τους ανθρώπους. ↗

— Martina Darga

#food #leader #people #philosophy #food

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#constantly #cultural #fiction #history #i

I've never been anywhere in my life like it and I only really noticed it when I returned to Los Angeles and then Berlin. Everybody is much better off in these places, there is not poverty like in Cuba, but everybody complains about things. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#angeles #anywhere #been #berlin #better