#nat

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#against #amateur #back #because #discrimination

I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#chance #i #intention #just #lingering

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#because #best #clear #could #day

Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#i #natural #patience #producer #temperamentally

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#best #conversation #into #national #shows

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#fascination #guess #i #thing #weight

I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#because #better #better sense #coming #found

Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#anything #blue #came #censors #expecting

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#am #because #genius #hate #i

The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony and to grant them their political rights. Despairing of fair treatment, they resolved to do something for themselves. ↗

— John L. Lewis

#alleviate #corporate #despairing #economic #fair