Wilma Rudolph Quotes

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Wilma Rudolph

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• The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Free
  • Gun
  • Going

• Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Rich
  • Poor
  • Africa

• You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • Think
  • House
  • Hate

• Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.

  

  N. K. Jemisin
  • Growing
  • Without
  • Romance

• Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.

  

  Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Work
  • Peace
  • Victory

• We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • People
  • Hope
  • Humanity

• Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history.

  

  Madison Smartt Bell
  • History
  • Revolution
  • Rose

• Never explain, never complain.

  

  Wallis Simpson
  • Never
  • Explain
  • Complain

• We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Will
  • Still
  • Recession

• When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • American
  • Dream
  • American Dream

• Just-poached vegetables show off their natural attributes and taste fresh and light in a way you never get with roasting or frying.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Way
  • You
  • Light

• Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Great
  • Past
  • Islam

• There aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Children
  • Bad
  • Girl

• An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.

  

  Indira Varma
  • She
  • Actor
  • Emotions

• You know, she often tells me that what I do is great. I don't think she ever thought I would end up doing this with my life. But I think she is happier that I haven't changed over the years, that I am still me, that I care about her and that we are the same as we always were. And I think that is what makes her most proud.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• She had a need to feel the thunder,To chase the lightning from the sky,To watch a storm with all its wonderWritten in her lover's eyes.She had to ride the heat of passionLike a comet burning bright,Rushing headlong in the windNow where only dreams have been,Burning both ends of the night.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Night
  • Eyes
  • Passion

• The best-selling magazines to men are Playboy and Penthouse. These represent men’s primary fantasy: access to as many beautiful women as desired without risk of rejection. The best-selling magazines to women are Better Homes and Gardens and Family Circle, representing the female primary fantasy: better homes and gardens and a family circle.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Family

• Willst du immer weiterschweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah.Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen,denn das Glück ist immer da.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.

  

  Fran Tarkenton
  • Good
  • Great
  • Team

• Success isn't owned - it's leased. And rent is due every day. Every single day, someone's coming for your job. Someone's coming for your greatness. If you're the greatest, someone wants to be the greatest, and so if you're not constantly improving your game, somebody else is.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Job
  • Game
  • Success

• All I've ever wanted to be is a strong, powerful, beautiful black woman.

  

  Katherine Ryan
  • Beautiful
  • Black
  • Strong

• I'm really excited about what the future holds and to grow as an individual and as an artist.

  

  Khalid
  • Future

• We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Enemies
  • Patient
  • Consider

• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  

  Wilma Rudolph
  • Greatness