Gertrude Ederle quotes
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“To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.”
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“When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it,”
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“People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.”
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“When we're in the water, we're not in this world.”
-- Gertrude Ederle -
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“I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it”
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“I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.”
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“Slowly I came to know that the depth of our heartbreaks determines the depth of our faith. God gives us everything to conquer the big and the little hurts of life.”
-- Gertrude Ederle
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Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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“Hanukkah is...the festival of lights, instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights”
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Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.195, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Source : "Beautiful Wave Star Aimee Teegarden Talks Surfer Boys And More!". Interview with Kaitlin Menza, www.seventeen.com. May 12, 2012.
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