“I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.”
Quote by Haile Gebrselassie
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Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopian long-distance runner widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes in the history of long-distance running. He has won numerous Olympic, World Championship, and World Marathon Majors titles. more
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Source: A scientist speaks: excerpts from addresses by Karl Taylor Compton during the years 1930-1949 when he was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology