#l a

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together. ↗

— Venus Williams

#along #athletes #because #brings #everyone

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#assistance #bank #because #bridges #done

My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career. ↗

— Caroline Wozniacki

#career #cleaning #dishes #had #i

In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within. ↗

— Chen Ning Yang

#anger #been #china #corruption #decadent

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts. ↗

— Thomas Wilson

#arts #collage #dilettante #i #photography

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude. ↗

— Steven Biko

#being #black #matter #mental #mental attitude

I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits. ↗

— J. Carter Brown

#found #i #kindred #like #music

For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It's not just a physical discipline. ↗

— Brandon Lee

#discipline #inside #just #martial #martial arts

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#analysis #anticipating #comes #company #final

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong. ↗

— Jet Li

#arts #both #bruce #bruce lee #famous