Daley Thompson Quotes

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

Daley Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 30, 1958

Topics

BestYouWantFirstCompeteAgainst

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

Joe Pantoliano

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My favorite place in the world is the Harry Potter tour near London.

Jessica Williams

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Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women protect and serve, often putting their own lives at risk.

Jerry Costello

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Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life by only one person. This one person, who strives to give the best, may be overwhelmed, busy, trying to raise many children. And even in homes with two parents, many children are essentially alone.

Michael Gurian

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I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

Tony Randall

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That's the main reason I gave up my career after John was born and I was pregnant with Andrew. I could not handle going away day after day. The thought of going away before they got up and coming back after they were in bed was intolerable.

Louise Fletcher

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Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

Paulo Coelho

BeautyManGreatest

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

Thomas Sowell

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I haven't spent years, like Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices, toiling for female economic empowerment on five continents.

Tina Brown

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I've always wanted to be my own person. Even when I was 'Noah who rode horses,' I wanted to be Noah Cyrus, not anyone else or a family member.

Noah Cyrus

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I find that protein wakes up my brain and gets me ready for the rest of my day.

Marisa Tomei

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So much of the literature we had to read for high school English class was filled with victimized, tragic, symbolic women who spurred the plot forward with their inevitable shunning/death/shunning-followed-by-pregnancy-followed-by-death timelines.

Libba Bray

WomenSchoolForwardHigh School

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