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“Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays its often freedom from information, the chance to sit still, that feels like the ultimate prize. Stillness is not just an indulgence for those with enough resources its a necessity for anyone who wishes to gather less visible resources.”

Source: The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere

“The bodybuilding world has lost one of its greatest legends. I had a chance to speak with Steve Michalik a year ago at The Upper State Bodybuilding competition. We laughed and shared our personal opinions about bodybuilding [today's scene and how it was in the past]. Steve, we'll miss you. R.I.P.”

World Years States Today Past Lost Speak Chance Opinion Missing Scene Years Ago Competition Laughed Legends Bodybuilding Lost Ones Personal Opinions We'll Miss You

Author:Lee Haney

“So are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack?”

Years Heart Might Turns Chance Walks Trouble One Day Thousand Years Ago Thousand Years Convenient Heart Attack

Author:Garth Nix

“I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - make it best, so to speak.”

Ifs Years Next Speak Given Chance Five Ten Years Ago Albums Five Years

Author:Zach Condon

“The reality is that Qaddafi has been trying to talk to us about his weapons system for years, and we ignored him. The Libyans even came to me about two years ago and offered me a chance to go through their facilities because they couldn't get anybody's attention here.”

Trying Years Has Beens Two Reality Chance Attention Weapons Years Ago Two Years Ignored Facility Two Years Ago

Author:Seymour Hersh

“I think in Pakistan there is already democracy and no dictatorship. And recently a few years ago, the Pakistani people stood against the dictatorship of [Pervez] Musharraf and compelled him to resign. So now it is the people's democracy so I don't think any chance that the people should stand against this administration. Pakistan's situation is different than Egypt. They cannot be compared.”

People Thinking Should Years Different Chance Situation Democracy Years Ago Administration Dictatorship Egypt Pakistan Compelled Musharraf

Author:Shahbaz Bhatti

“I didn't get a chance to meet Glen [Beck] for this movie. I did meet him a few years ago, coincidentally, before any of this happened. But I've been familiar with his work, so I felt I wanted to get it right. I wanted to honor him. I respect him and I think the way he does his job is admirable. Yeah, there was an added incentive. I wouldn't call it pressure, but incentive perhaps.”

Thinking Way Years Doe Wanted Jobs Felt Chance Happened Honor Years Ago Pressure Yeah Familiar Incentives Admirable

Author:Zachary Quinto

“For now, whether you are young or whether you're young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your president, the same thing I asked when you took a chance on me eight years ago. I am asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.”

Years Believe Heart Young Asks President Chance Ability Years Ago Asking Finals Eight Young At Heart

Book:Farewell Speeches

Source: Farewell Speeches

“Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.”

Years Chance Authority Years Ago Athlete Journalist Forty Prosecuting Pro Athlete

Author:Leigh Steinberg

“My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when you take the social media and you take the Tea Party citizens movement, you have a combination there that, quite frankly, 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had a chance.”

Years Social Chance Party Media Movement Internet Citizens Years Ago Bigger Including Social Media Tea Combination Candidates Romney Tea Party

Author:Herman Cain

“I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write full time. I just liked writing more…plus, I knew even then that as a full-time writer, I'd get plenty of chances to do business-type stuff, while as an accountant, I probably wouldn't get a lot of opportunities to write about dragons.”

“I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so far gone. Gone right off the deep end years ago in her Games. There's a good chance I'm headed in the same direction. Maybe I'm already going crazy and no one has the heart to tell me. I feel crazy enough.”

Feels Years Heart I Can Ends Enough Care Games Chance Gone Crazy Years Ago Don't Care I Don't Care Bother Weeping Good Chance Going Crazy So Far Gone

Book:Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

Source: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)