Richard Virenque Quotes

My first was in 1994 and it's ten years ago already. It's been ten years and I'm still around. I won a stage again, like I did last year and the year before.

Richard Virenque

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: moroccan
  • Birth: November 19, 1969

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What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Jim Hightower

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I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

Joanna Newsom

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I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty.

Robert Lepage

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Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Ambrose Bierce

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I like vocabulary and I actually read a book called 'Word Freak,' which is about a guy who basically went into competitive Scrabble for a year. But having a big vocabulary and being good at Scrabble are not the same thing.

Stephen Amell

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At 15, saying I wanted to do a reggae album after growing up in a snazzy house in Houston - it was kind of random.

Solange Knowles

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When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you're not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they're driving the vehicle.

Ruth Ozeki

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Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that's when you kind of know it's that time.

Chauncey Billups

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We weren't treated as prima-donnas. We had to roll up our sleeves and graft with the groundsman. Kids don't have to do anymore. That makes you appreciate things when it turns in your favour and you become a successful professional.

Colin Cooper

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I was always silly in high school. I used to always get in trouble because I was laughing. I've always thought I was funny but never thought I could use it to make money. In 1996, I decided I was going to use my humor to get on TV to make money.

Retta

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There are screens at the gas station, there are screens at the shopping mall. And they all need content.

Mark Burnett

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Look at the experience of 2008. Who are the countries who negotiated the storms of 2008 best? They were the countries which were able to sit business with labor at the table, with government, and work out a way of getting through the storm. And I don't think that is a controversial statement.

Guy Ryder

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