Famous quotes containing the words states, olympic and/or book:
“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
—William McKinley (1843–1901)
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“A good book is the plectrum with which our else silent lyres are struck.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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