#u

Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#economic #every #expectation #general #globe

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#cat #gift #hand #her #indeed

When it becomes hard for me not to eat bad food, I try to think about what I have to do and what is ahead of me and what I want to achieve. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#achieve #ahead #bad #becomes #eat

Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#athlete #athletes #being #doing #find

But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#anything #away #bonus #championships #days

I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus. ↗

— Aaron Yoo

#after #bonus #business #feel #good

Coming over to Europe you can always put on weight really easily because you are not doing your normal routine at home. It is just a bit more discipline and not eating breads and pastas which are my favourite foods in the entire world. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#because #bit #coming #discipline #doing

I just love listening to the laughter. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#just #laughter #listening #love

Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#after #am #athletics #believe #exhilaration

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#easy #especially #four #gold #gold medal