Race Quotes
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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
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I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.
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Mum tries to make every race that she can.
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But I think primarily, it's the fans that make this race.
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There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice, none at all. [...] It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world.
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I'm constantly watching my weight for my job, and I've trained so hard this year to be ready for this season-more rigorously than ever - but people who tune in to Formula One have no comprehension of what we have to do to be fit. It's so physical. This year, the car is way faster than when you came to the race. And the physicality has gone up quite a lot, at least 20 to 30 percent. People don't see that. They don't see us as athletes. They just see us driving.
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves. The only possible step that could be taken towards it by the convention was to fix a period after which they should not be imported.
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In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.
Gail Devers
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
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All my life, I have been surrounded by the track. The week I was born, Dad took me to training. I do recall at some stage being pushed around in a pram on a track. I have a lot of inspiration from him. To see him carrying the Sydney Olympic torch really ignited my dream. As a coach, he knows the in and outs of race walking and technique.
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Conversations between parents and kids are important - about race issues, about all kinds of things, about heritage.
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It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.
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Personally I feel for the fans because I remember the period of time when Michael Schumacher was winning. I remember waking up in the morning to watch the start of the race and then going to sleep, and then waking up when it ended because I already knew what would happen. I am pretty sure a lot of people were doing that today.
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Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did.
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There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.
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A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.
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The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
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If at the end of the year you want to be in this race, you've got to start stepping up and getting wins.
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I feel comfortable about putting her in there. It will be a tougher race but I think she'll be effective at a mile. We'll see.
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In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut track repetitions and hill repeats that buckle your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
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Christianity teaches that the human race is depraved, fallen, and sinful.
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The monkey is an organized sarcasm upon the human race.
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Deciding on when to kick is crucial and depends on how the race is unfolding.
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Schools should be integrated by race and by class.
