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Haile Gebrselassie

"Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty."

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Akshay Vasu

"There are thousands of Ten Commandments plaques or monuments all over the country, and lawsuits to remove them have popped up in more than a dozen states."

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Akshay Vasu

"We're a nation of liars. But I mean that in the kindest sense."

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Akshay Vasu

"Every nation must have prayerful men and women to intercede for the country's well-being."

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"A nation aimlessly drifting away from God is a nation for which prayer is a rudder and praise is a sail. And it is the man or woman on their knees that builds the former and gives wind to the latter."

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"America; a country that was discovered is now a discovery and making discoveries! America is America not because of the name America, but because of the great hands and minds who made the name America be America!"

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Akshay Vasu

"The desired modernization and rationalisation of Turkey will never be realised till the day the Modern Turks of AtatA1?4rk come to power because only modern and rational minds can create a modern and a rational country!"

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Akshay Vasu

"As a South African I honestly cannot understand how people can't see South Africa as a unique nation, untied by ties of history, bonds of suffering, victory, struggles, hope - and in more ways than I ever before thought possible - blood."

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"Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors."

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"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

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"No holidays, no country."

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Haile Gebrselassie
"In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge."

Childhood

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Haile Gebrselassie
"This hand is not very active always, because it was in this hand that I carried my books. My carrying hand was always my strongest. Now I think my other hand has developed more muscles from signing all those autographs."

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Haile Gebrselassie
"You know, I want to help my country. Definitely I can help them, simply by winning races. Sure, they can follow my path to a good career. But for me it is not enough. I want to be more than that. In everything I want to be a role model."

Winning

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Haile Gebrselassie
"I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best."

Sports

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Haile Gebrselassie
"This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts."

History

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Haile Gebrselassie
"I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first."

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Haile Gebrselassie
"Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty."

Nation

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Haile Gebrselassie
"I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really."

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Haile Gebrselassie
"I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck."

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Haile Gebrselassie
"I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner."

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