#pi

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. ↗

— Dawn Fraser

#excellence #exists #itself #life #maybe

Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience. ↗

— Michael Franti

#building #change #climate #climate change #help

I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#bits #bits and pieces #camera #character #create

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#change #changes #economic #economic change #heart

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#chinese #civil #civil government #empire #even

I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age; I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#based #caught #find #fit #get

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#disappointment #endless #inspiration #wellspring

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#ago #australian #been #first #four

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#olympics #race #real #sydney

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#best #champ #could #i #i am