Anyone who has ever spent time listening to a legislature knows the astonishing speed at which all presiding officers and reading clerks can spit out the formulaic incantations of parliamentary procedure.
Molly Ivins
TimeListeningReadingSpeedOut
I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was essentially a golf cart with a windshield wiper and a horn.
Ed Begley, Jr.
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'The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the gravity and speed that the Vatican applies to candidates for sainthood.
David Fahrenthold
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The overall thinking of the shortstop covers the overall context of the ballgame. You have to know the count they'll hit-and-run on. You're thinking of the speed, not only of the runner at first base, but the runner at the plate. You have to know how fast the pitcher is on a particular day.
Lou Boudreau
DayThinkingSpeedYouFastKnow
I have one speed, I have one gear: go!
Charlie Sheen
SpeedGoGear
I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If I'd wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasn't worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.
Jason Patric
MeSpeedWorthMoviesKindBoring
The only thing that will really change global warming in the long run is if we radically increase the speed with which we get alternative technologies to deal with climate change.
Bjorn Lomborg
ChangeSpeedLongClimate ChangeRun
I back my power, and I back my chin, and I back my speed.
Joseph Parker
PowerSpeedBackChin
My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want my body getting used to one thing in particular.
Alex Morgan
SpeedBodyWantNeverAlwaysUp
The form of computers has never been important, with speed and performance being the only things that mattered.
Jonathan Ive
PerformanceComputersSpeedImportant
I'd much rather play Batman's cousin than Batman. That's more of my speed.
Alan Tudyk
SpeedPlayMoreBatmanRatherThan
I've got 911 on speed dial.
Douglas Coupland
SpeedGotDial
We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more speed, more things online and more appliances we can control over the Internet.
Vint Cerf
ControlInternetSpeedNumbersWill
Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you're using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.
Chiaki Kuriyama
TrainingGameSpeedYouBodySense
Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
ProgressSpeedGoalCountryAccept
We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.
Corrine Brown
BestSpeedImproveHighIgnoring
Speed kills colour... the gyroscope, when turning at full speed, shows up gray.
Paul Morand
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When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.
Brittany Bowe
ChangeHeartCityMeRealitySpeed
The Italian futurists, the German expressionists, and the British vorticists were fascinated by speed and the ways the modern world was shattering conventions. The old ways of painting, writing, sculpting, and composing no longer seemed adequate to capture the world.
Margaret MacMillan
PaintingWritingWorldSpeedCapture
With speed skating, it's like doing one-legged squats over and over again, with that one leg absorbing more than 80 percent of your weight. It takes an enormous amount of strength, and you're in such a weird position.
Apolo Ohno
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Creativity is our North Star. This way of working and this speed, this new opening and innovation, putting everything in discussion must remain at the base of what we do.
Marco Bizzarri
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My speed is a gift from God, and I run for His glory. Whatever I do, it all comes from him.
Allyson Felix
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I say my greatest strength is my speed, and I think that I could use some work on my concentration.
Jacoby Jones
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In a special operations mission, the concept of speed is simple. Get to your objective as fast as possible. Any delay will expand your area of vulnerability.
William H. McRaven
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