Diana Nyad Quotes

I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.

Diana Nyad

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 22, 1949

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AgeBestSwimmingWorldStartYou

When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, 'Then there's no hope for me, Mum.'

Andrew Sullivan

MotherGodHopeMeYouTrue

We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.

John Lewis

PeopleForwardGoMustContinue

During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries.

Toshihiko Fukui

PastTwoIndustrialLowLevelMajor

I believe we're making a mistake if we regard job creation and job safety as mutually exclusive or inherently in conflict; they can and they must go hand-in-hand.

Tom Perez

JobMistakeSafetyConflictBelieve

People who drive slow in the left lane on the highway! Are you kidding me? Don't you see everybody passing you, honking and flipping you off? It's not because everyone else is crazy, it's because you're driving slow in the fast lane, you jerk! OMG! It makes me crazy!

Rob Riggle

PeopleMeCrazyDriveSlowDriving

I think it's really hard to draw a hard-and-fast line and say 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' doesn't count as science fiction or fantasy. Or at what point do we say mythology is not fantasy, so reading mythology when you're young does not count as an exposure to fantasy?

Robin Hobb

ScienceReadingThinkYouYoungSay

I do want to learn the way to do it over here. I'm not really looking to just go about my way and do it in the Japanese way that I've been doing. Basically, I'll try to get some advice, learn the way it's done here and go about it.

Masahiro Tanaka

LookingAdviceLearnDoingGoDone

I've been in this business a long time, and I've worked with a lot of different directors now. It's cool to get the chance to work with the same guy several times.

Michael Rooker

WorkBusinessTimeCoolChanceLong

Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can do is ensure they are protected when facing a horrible tragedy.

Louise Slaughter

HomeWomenServiceTragedyWayUs

It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don't sing the 'S'.

Jose Carreras

I AmMeSorryEasySingAm

The citizens of Tumortown are forever assailed with cures and rumors of cures.

Christopher Hitchens

RumorsForeverCitizensCures

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

Bob Hope

AgeShowMiddleYourStartsAround

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