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President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#confrontation #could #course #destroyers #gulf

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#after #because #consider #done #everything

The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side. ↗

— John Elway

#because #best #business #could #football

I consider everything I compose a gift. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#consider #everything #gift #i

My head is perfectly clean inside. ↗

— Marc Bolan

#head #inside #perfectly

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. ↗

— Robert Bolt

#aside #birth #day #does #draw

But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#because #beside #biggest #competition #finals

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.' ↗

— John Bolton

#booked #get #great #great idea #idea

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #developing #get #going #happen

I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice. ↗

— Brian Eno

#considered #element #essential #get #had