Waltraut Podgorski Quotes & Sayings

I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort. — Gail Devers

The civil power must not be subservient to the advantage of any one individual, or of some few persons; inasmuch as it was established for the common good of all. — Pope Leo XII

Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively. — Pete Rose

A Federal research project selected 1,600 children who had been abused or neglected and followed them for nearly twenty years. — Gavin De Becker

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route. — Elizabeth Kenny

Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things. — Georgia O'Keeffe

It meant he was sure to see Linh Cinder again. Maybe he could learn more about her then. Maybe he'd make her smile. A real smile. Maybe ... Maybe he needed another hobby. He — Marissa Meyer

When you get too involved with people, you're forced to feel what they're feeling — Elizabeth Lee

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder. — Austin Kleon

It's like he's fallen out of time. — Jandy Nelson

We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. As long as the government provides largesse for the majority, the special interest lobbyists will succeed in continuing the redistribution of welfare programs that occupies most of Congress's legislative time. — Ron Paul

I look at my friends who don't suffer from depression and compare their healthy habits to my own dysfunction (a great practice in and of itself) and I think, who are these people? — Jacqueline Novak

Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style. — Desmond Dekker