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I used to have some fish, some nice little carp, but they got too big for the tank. I don't have any pets now.


Tom Felton


#big #carp #fish #got #i

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.


Jackie Joyner-Kersee


#been #books #come #everything #grow

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.


Jackie Joyner-Kersee


#ask #asking #athlete #body #different

What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.


Linus Torvalds


#brought #commercialism #distribution #easy #good

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.


Jackie Joyner-Kersee


#how #i #making #olympic #olympic team

The entire affective world, constructed over the years with utmost difficulty, collapses with a kick in the father's genitals, a smack on the mother's face, an obscene insult to the sister, or the sexual violation of a daughter. Suddenly an entire culture based on familial love, devotion, the capacity for mutual sacrifice collapses. Nothing is possible in such a universe, and that is precisely what the torturers know… From my cell, I'd hear the whispered voices of children trying to learn what was happening to their parents, and I'd witness the efforts of daughters to win over a guard, to arouse a feeling of tenderness in him, to incite the hope of some lovely future relationship between them in order to learn what was happening to her mother, to get an orange sent to her, to get permission for her to go to the bathroom.


Jacobo Timerman


#esma #sadism #sexual-abuse #torture #family

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.


Jackie Joyner-Kersee


#ambassador #before #came #generation #great

No, I don't suppose I'm so much a collector sort of person.


Tom Felton


#i #much #person #sort #suppose

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.


Renee Fleming


#classical #constantly #european #i #ideal

Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation.


Jackie Joyner-Kersee


#environment #generation #help #i #i can






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