Abebe Bikila Quotes

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

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• Time is generally the best doctor.

  

  Ovid
  • Time
  • Best
  • Medical

• By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Mother
  • inspirational
  • Tough

• I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.

  

  Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Think
  • Hit
  • Gestures

• Women have their own strengths, like fashion. In technology, we can contribute in a big way in terms of the design of the user interface.

  

  Weili Dai
  • Women
  • Technology
  • Fashion

• The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl on the subway reading sides for an audition, my only thought is, 'Man, am I glad I'm not doing that anymore.' I never feel nostalgia, just relief.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Time
  • Pretty
  • Man

• We deserve this payment by all stretches of how one would calculate it.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Deserve
  • Payment

• There is increasing scope for the dollar to come under pressure. Once again, we see structural issues starting to work against the dollar.

  

  Ian Stannard
  • Pressure
  • Issues
  • Scope

• To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I stand,-- That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be reveng'd.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • World
  • Giving
  • Devil

• Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

  

  Bono U2
  • Technology
  • Learn
  • Artists

• The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

  

  Sandra Bullock
  • Men
  • Heart
  • Son

• Wes wants to be with Macy. And Macy, whether she'll admit it or not, wants to be with Wes. And yet they're not together, which is not only unjust, but when you think about it, tragical!

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Thinking
  • Together
  • Want

• The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Smile
  • Giver

• I'm deeply concerned. And I think, in many ways, the Trump presidency poses a clear and present danger to our country and to the world.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • World
  • Trump
  • Danger

• We know people by their stories: their history, their habits, their secrets, their triumphs and failures. We know them by what they do. We want to know mountains too, but they’ve got no story. So we do the next best thing. We throw ourselves onto them and make the stories happen.

  

  Bruce Barcott
  • People
  • Stories
  • Mountains

• There were a lot of races I was going to win at Milwaukee, but I had mechanical problems or something would happen, ... In the early years, it just took a long time for me to win a race. I got in somebody's oil one time and got in the wall, had a clutch go out once. . . so when I finally won one, it was a long time coming.

  

  Dick Trickle
  • Time
  • Long
  • Wall

• We went against a lot of big-name schools. Our coaches were not shy about it. They went after the best players in their areas. We took some hits, but we won some.

  

  Bobby Petrino
  • Players
  • Coaches
  • Schools

• Greed has replaced religion as the national religion, and with greed comes envy.

  

  Wesley Pruden
  • Envy
  • Greed
  • Replaced

• I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

  

  Abebe Bikila
  • Won
  • Heroism
  • Ethiopia