Victoria Pendleton Quotes

As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.

Victoria Pendleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 24, 1980

Topics

GoodOpportunityGrowing UpLongNow

Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.

Jens Lekman

YouBandNirvanaSomewhereGrunge

I get embarrassed by people. It's really awkward for me to have a chat with people who have been to see a gig.

Andrew Lawrence

PeopleMeSeeEmbarrassedAwkward

If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.

Maya Angelou

YourselfHelpYouPersonWillShe

One thing Jim McGreevey wants the world to know: Leading a double life as a gay man trying to appear straight was easy for him to pull off. He was 'good' at it. Not only that - it helped him become a better politician.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

LifeGoodManWorldBetterTrying

The quality of health care in Canada is excellent.

Michael Douglas

HealthQualityCareCanadaExcellent

Frightening things happen in solitude.

Michael Finkel

SolitudeThings HappenHappenThings

As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.

John Wells

HumorPeopleFindMatterDarkest

My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive.

Stand Watie

GreatWorldBadIntentionWillGet

The reason my kids like McDonald's is that they always know what they're going to get. It's not gourmet food, but the french fries they order in Indianapolis are just like the french fries they order in Tampa. Wherever they get McDonald's fries, they know it will be the same. That's what McDonald's does.

Tony Dungy

FoodMcDonaldKnowWillFrench Fries

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.

Tom Perrotta

LifeMy LifeLivedJustHappened

I would like to be on 'Dancing with the Stars.'

Roger Ailes

StarsDancingWouldLike

Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military history, much bigger than any in Vietnam or now. We didn't know that the Soviets were moving 400,000 or 500,000 troops. We missed it.

Rudy Giuliani

FailureHistoryMistakesIntelligence

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