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I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, its one of

I think to be – for me to be an American is – you know, its one of the greatest things in the world for – you know, for me just because Ive been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world. – Michael Phelps

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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety. – Michael Phelps

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mom
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I want to be able to look back and say, Ive done everything I can, and I was successful. I dont want to look back and say I should have done this or that. Id like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along. – Michael Phelps

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Change
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Even in high school, Id tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasnt too happy. Shed say, Think about this. And Id always end up getting back in the pool. – Michael Phelps

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Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. – Jeffrey Borenstein

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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I dont believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others. – Coretta Scott King

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To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something. – Shel Silverstein

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Freedom

Theres also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time – when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years. – Andrew Wiles

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America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. – Evan Esar

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Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic. – Brit Marling

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I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect. – E. O. Wilson

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Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasnt comedy I dont know if Obama could have ever become president. – Marlon Wayans

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