Quotations by Renowned Persons

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Quotations by renowned persons [Excerpts]

1. Serena Williams 1981-
"If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration. I didn't grow up playing at the country club".
                                  in Sunday Times 2 June 2002.
2. George Foreman 1949-
 "The most horrifying thing in the world is to be without an adventure". 
on considering a comeback at 55
in Independent 29 December 2003.

3. Bruce Oldfield 1950- (English fashion designer)
"Fashion is more usually a gentle profession of revisited ideas".
in Independent 9 September 1989.

4. Alec Issigonis (British Engineer)
"A camel is a horse designed by a committee".
on his dislike in working in teams
in Guardian, 14 January, 1991 'Notes and Queries'; attributed.