#not

For those who believe in God the matter is simpler still and clearly than anything else: because those who believe in God believe that God is the Creator of the whole Universe and there is nothing that does not come from Him. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#because #believe #clearly #come #creator

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment. ↗

— Gail Devers

#career #country #disappointment #gold #gold medals

I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#best #get #hope #i #i can

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

#against #available #balancing #cannot #conditions

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#expecting #get #gold #good #good thing

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. ↗

— John Dewey

#arriving #goal #point #starting #starting point

At the time, nobody knew what it was. It had no name. When everything else is out of your control, you can control your eating. You end up cutting a lot of things off. Nothing reaches you. I was very happy then - that was the oddity. ↗

— Susan Dey

#cutting #eating #else #end #everything

Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius. ↗

— Linda Blair

#billy #director #genius #i #i think

I think getting married gave me a focus. It gave me a focus and direction I want to have in my life. And I think having another person that you make such a purposeful bond with has given me the opportunity to see how that can be with all the other aspects of my life. ↗

— Selma Blair

#aspects #bond #direction #focus #gave

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#another #diseases #estimated #europeans #far