The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well. - Pierre de Coubertin

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People see fashion as superficial and shallow, but its actually not. As an industry, it can really change how things happen and change trade for countries that really need it.

Pierre de Coubertin

The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well.

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Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.

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Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

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Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.

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In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

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Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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No matter what happens, we'll always be together, always find a way to locate each other. No matter which guise my soul decides to wear, I will always return to you. Just like I always have returned to you.

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Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind and be patient and be nonviolent and turn the other cheek.

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