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Explore more quotes by Zola Budd
"Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town."
"Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small."
"I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements."
"I found them uncomfortable and after that I decided to continue running barefoot because I found it more comfortable. I felt more in touch with what was happening - I could actually feel the track."
Exlpore more Pleasure quotes
"To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure."
"There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy."
"The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."
"I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure."
"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure."
"... I experienced, suddenly, that special pleasure, which bore no resemblance to any other..."
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