#rio

To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#body #bull #camp #divided #each

When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously. ↗

— Christina Milian

#hang #i #meet #out #seriously

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#decayed #degraded #feeling #moral #much

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#also #anyone #exercise #his #individuality

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary. ↗

— Agnes de Mille

#before #bodies #dancers #floor #lies

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously. ↗

— Bode Miller

#front #i #put #racing #seriously

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted. ↗

— Bode Miller

#boarding #boarding school #coaches #good #had

People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me. ↗

— Bode Miller

#athlete #athletes #because #best #cater

I was what they call a pool hustler. That's absolutely true. For long periods of time I got by, barely skimmed by, just playing pool. ↗

— George Miller

#barely #call #got #hustler #i

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#attention #awesome #becomes #blade #close