Roger Bannister Quotes

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

Roger Bannister

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 23, 1929

Topics

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Many times, I get young people asking, 'What do you think about black movies?' And I say, 'What are you talking about? You mean Hollywood movies that have black people in them?' It's gone back to that, and that's not the same thing as a black movie.

Melvin Van Peebles

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Coming from L.A. to D.C., I'm always impressed that in D.C., people are doing the things that the people in L.A. are pretending to do. Whenever I'm in D.C., I ask people what they do, and they say, 'I'm with the agency, or I'm with State.' In L.A., I ran into a guy who said, 'I'm working on an audition for a guy who happens to be with an agency.'

Maz Jobrani

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Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Robert Menzies

ThinkSpeechNever ForgetForget

I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the U.K. and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.

Stuart Rose

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I love being supportive of other YouTubers because I know how much work and dedication goes into building a channel, and I think that the community on YouTube is just so important because the viewers get to be a part of what you're creating.

Rosanna Pansino

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I have two beautiful children, a wife who loves me very much and who I love - and my career is going well, too.

Rupert Penry-Jones

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I deal in facts.

Louis Freeh

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We can fear things into existence. Fear looks into the future and imagines the worst that can happen.

Joyce Meyer

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I took all the philosophy courses I could.

Judd Nelson

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Everybody wants to experiment, wants to explore. You should hear me at karaoke. I can sing anything you throw at me. I can do a good Dave Grohl.

Josh Groban

GoodMeYouI CanExploreAnything

I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.

Jonathan Anderson

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I get passionate about certain subjects, and then I'll write a whole play around it.

Scott Haze

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