Roger Bannister Quotes

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.

Roger Bannister

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatPainChildPeopleMeEnergy

I waited my whole life to be a woman, so now my clothes are fairly tight.

Jenny Slate

LifeWomanClothesNowWholeTight

I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.

Amanda Donohoe

LoveGardeningPeopleThinkHands

The part in 'Taxi' was originally written for a guy named Phil Ryan, so they made it Phil Banta, and then they made it Tony Banta, which sounded a lot better anyway.

Tony Danza

BetterTaxiGuyMadePartAnyway

I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.

Tony Hawk

MediaPossibleSkateboardingThrough

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

Judith Butler

MasculineFeminineRolesFixed

Many mothers or daughters assume that words only mean one thing. 'If I feel criticised, that has to be the whole story', and 'if I feel I am being helpful, that has to be the whole story'.

Deborah Tannen

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As I stated shortly after retiring from the U.S. Army and first pursuing a seat in Congress in 2010, I planned to self-impose term limits.

Chris Gibson

LimitsArmyCongressFirstPlanned

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

Bob Woodward

AccountabilityFearedNixon

Most of us, I think, are conscious of history swirling around outside the door, but when we're in the house, we're usually not dealing with history. We're not thinking about history.

Pearl Cleage

HistoryDoorThinkThinkingHouse

I am not a big technology person. I don't go on the Internet really much at all. Drawing is like a zen thing; it's private, which in this day and age is harder to come by.

Tim Burton

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I had a fundamental love of fashion, of products and accessories. I loved the merchandising side of it and understanding how to maximize sales.

Marie-Chantal Claire

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When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience to love your subject.

Kevin Macdonald

LoveTryingYouFindWantWay

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