Victoria Pendleton Quotes
Apparently, I have such a serious race face, even when I'm doing a bit of work, at first everybody wasn't sure if I was enjoying it or not. But it's absolutely exhilarating. It feels like you're one with your horse and you're flying.Victoria Pendleton
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
Ed Koch -
Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.
Kat Graham -
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
Rachel Johnson -
If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
Pat Metheny -
Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
Flume -
I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
Laura Hillenbrand
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
Baldwin Spencer -
I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
Gavin Newsom -
I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
Danai Gurira -
All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
Barry Unsworth -
What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
Ida B. Wells -
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Oprah Winfrey
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
Karen Kingsbury -
My brother is really, really slow.
Usain Bolt -
I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
Paige VanZant -
When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
Harlan Coben -
Netflix is something I watch.
Famke Janssen -
Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
Gavin Hood
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It's much more powerful to say I'm working to reduce spending, deal with our nation's deficit, push back on the federal government, and give specifics for that rather than just say, 'I'm a conservative.'
Lisa Murkowski -
A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions.
Aristotle -
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
Maxine Hong Kingston -
As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
Kate Hudson -
I'm glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be 'Violet' by Hole. It makes me want to run.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
Apparently, I have such a serious race face, even when I'm doing a bit of work, at first everybody wasn't sure if I was enjoying it or not. But it's absolutely exhilarating. It feels like you're one with your horse and you're flying.
Victoria Pendleton