#rin

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#concentrate #i #me #other #preparing

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7. ↗

— Les Paul

#fingers #first #five #go #got

In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet. ↗

— Felix Bloch

#colleagues #during #ease #feel #gave

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#every #only #perpetual #spring

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#i #once #retire #retiring

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#alternatives #always #between #bring #characteristic

Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#clothing #how #humor #important #just

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#beckett #had #i #light #much

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. ↗

— James K. Polk

#any #became #before #conception #congress

But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial. ↗

— Aristide Briand

#am #any #association #beneficial #could