Alberto Juantorena Quotes

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

Alberto Juantorena

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: cuban
  • Birth: December 3, 1950

Topics

GovernmentCompetitionSupportCuba

Every boy in a free country ought to be instructed in boxing, wrestling, and the use of weapons. Every young man ought to be drilled. Every householder ought, at least, to have a right to own a rifle, and should know how to make cartridges.

John Boyle O'Reilly

ManFreeCountryKnowYoungBoy

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

Jessica Savitch

WorkAgeTimeBestMeStraight

I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor.

Jemima Kirke

HumorAmazingThinkArtistTrueGot

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

John F. Kennedy

SocietyFreeRichHelpPoorCannot

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

Robert Louis Stevenson

FriendSilenceEyeYouKnowNothing

A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground.

Ann Brashares

BeautifulTreeRichYouGrowing

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

John Ruskin

MeYouMoralityTasteTellOnly

I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life.

John Tavener

LifeHealthMy LifeAlwaysAware

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.

Amy Grant

HomeBibleReadingAppetiteTaught

I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking.

Spike Jonze

TalkingUncomfortableDoneStarted

CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good, smart people at those networks, and even occasionally a blind pig finds an acorn.

Roger Ailes

GoodSmartPeopleBlindTryingPig

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Michel de Montaigne

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