#lining

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#better #blocks #competitors #confidence #day

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. ↗

— Erica Jong

#cheaper #declining #i #i think #life

Fabrics and lining make a big difference in the garment. If you're buying an expensive trench coat, and it's lined in something cheap, it doesn't feel as nice. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#big difference #buying #cheap #coat #difference

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. ↗

— George Stephen

#already #because #before #benefit #blocks

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#coverage #declining #economic #economics #look

Live with the assumption that every day it will rain. If it does, you were right. If it doesn’t, you were fortunate. ↗

— Zack W. Van

#optimism #silver-lining #inspirational

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#been #declining #england #expressed #higher

If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#american #american dream #barack #barack obama #class

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#doing #none #outlining #people #planning

Asian countries produce eight times as many engineering bachelors as the United States, and the number of U.S. students graduating at the masters and PhD levels in these areas is declining. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#asian #asian countries #bachelors #countries #declining