Abebe Bikila quotes
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“I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.”
-- Abebe BikilaSource : "50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory - in pictures" by Steven Bloor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.
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“Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that I met with my accident. I accepted those victories as I accept this tragedy. I have to accept both circumstances as facts of life and live happily.”
-- Abebe Bikila
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“I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.”
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Source : Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1983). “Christ in a Poncho: Testimonials of the Nonviolent Struggles in Latin America”
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“Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will.”
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Source : Albert Goodwill Spalding, Samm Coombs (1991). “America's national game: historic facts concerning the beginning evolution, development, and popularity of base ball, with personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories, and its votaries”
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Source : Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.
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