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That's probably why they (the Senate) passed it the way they did, in the closing hours of the final session.


Oscar Aguilar

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OSCAR PISTORIUS I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my h...
OSCAR PISTORIUS I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at...
OSCAR PISTORIUS These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up...
OSCAR PISTORIUS Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fa...
OSCAR PISTORIUS The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.
OSCAR PISTORIUS I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position...
OSCAR PISTORIUS I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can...
OSCAR PISTORIUS I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' Bu...
OSCAR PISTORIUS When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really...
OSCAR PISTORIUS Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think ...
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