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“I can drink tea until the cows come home and I love the atmosphere in tea-shops.”

Quote by Zola Budd

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Zola Budd
Zola Budd

Zola Budd is a South African long-distance runner who is renowned for her exceptional achievements in the athletic track. She rose to prominence in the early 1980s, becoming one of the world's top female long-distance runners. Budd won silver medals in the 800m and 1500m events at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and took the gold in the 1500m at the 1985 World Athletics Championships. Despite controversies, including drug use allegations involving East German athletes, she is still regarded as a legend in the history of running. more

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“Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness; of gray skies and harsh winds; of strong-nerved, stout-purposed, slow-thinking men and women. Above all, a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides - firesides that were waiting - waiting for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea.”