Running Quotes - Page 35

• It was in the 1960s that the left convinced itself that there is something fascistic about patriotism and something perversely "patriotic" about running down America. Anti-Americanism - a stand-in for hatred of Western civilization - became the stuff of sophisticates and intellectuals as never before. Flag burners became the truest "patriots" because dissent - not just from partisan politics, but the American project itself - became the highest virtue.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Patriotic, America, Civilization

  Jonah Goldberg (2008). “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning”, p.197, Crown Forum

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• Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared

  Alan Watts

  Pain, Fighting, Brave

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Thinking, Rights, Long

  Theodore Roosevelt (1906). “A Square Deal”

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• Poets know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.

  Oscar Wilde

  Passion, Heart, Broken

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.19, GENERAL PRESS

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• If you work so hard to reach your goal but you lose your pole in the very last run, that's hard to take.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Goal, Lasts, Hard

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• My favorite ski run in the U.S. is International on the front face of Vail Mountain.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Mountain, Faces, My Favorite

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• I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different from the kind of horrendous oppression that black people in Miami were under when I moved there at 15. I found Florida an antihuman place.

  Sidney Poitier

  Florida, Racism, People

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• I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.

  Lucy Lawless

  Thinking, People, Climate

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• The more we come to rely on government, the fewer freedoms we will enjoy. Government will start dictating what we can own, eat and drive, how much of our money they will let us keep, how we run our businesses, how many - if any - guns we can own, and what we may and may not say. Oh, wait! They are already doing that. To preserve freedom we must fight for it.

  Cal Thomas

  Fighting, Gun, Government

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• The older I get, I'm definitely getting pulled towards the West Coast, because it's a different quality of life. New York is great when you're in your early 20s and you're running around and it's really fun, but it's a place for me to get things done.

  Erin Wasson

  New York, Fun, Quality

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• My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot of people: Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Gary and Martin Kemp, and Dexter Fletcher were among my contemporaries.

  Phil Daniels

  Drama, School, Class

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• The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.

  Warren Buffett

  Average, Long, Fundamentals

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• When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where the facts are ascertainable and clear, and the course of action obvious.

  Warren Buffett

  Faces, Facts, Action

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• If we start deciding, based on guesses or emotions, whether we will or won't participate in a business where we should have some long run edge, we're in trouble.

  Warren Buffett

  Should Have, Long, Emotion

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• I certainly have no desire to sell a good controlled business run by people I like and admire, merely to obtain a fancy price. However, specific conditions may cause the sale of one operating unit at some point.

  Warren Buffett

  People, Desire, May

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• I never see God. I seldom run into visual clues that remind me of God unless I am looking. The act of looking, the pursuit itself, makes possible the encounter. For this reason, Christianity has always insisted that trust and obedience come first, and knowledge follows.

  Philip Yancey

  Encounters, Firsts, Clue

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Reaching for the Invisible God Study Guide”, p.37, Zondervan

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• Why should I ? I don't need to run down my opponent through filthy language in order to win. The voters don't expect this from their representatives.

  Preneet Kaur

  Winning, Order, Needs

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• Someone's running your life. Most of us are on the throne of our own lives. Jesus wants to sit on the throne of your life.

  Steve Farrar

  Jesus, Thrones, Want

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• U.N. officials said today they desperately need $7 billion to help people cope with disasters, but they're having a hard time getting people to send rescue money. Here's what the UN should do: Invest in bad mortgages, run a bank into the ground, give yourself a bonus, get some spa treatments and, in no time, the government will send you $750 billion.

  Jay Leno

  Hard Times, Government, People

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• Sorry to disappoint the liberals who tuned in tonight to gloat about Obama's lead in every poll, but I am not worried. McCain may be behind, but the man is a fighter. He doesn't know the meaning of the word 'quit.' He used to, but it was stored in the same part of his brain that remembered to vet his running mate.

  Stephen Colbert

  Sorry, Men, Brain

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• Chinese president Jiang Zemin met with former Bill Clinton in Hong Kong Wednesday. What a contrast. One is a ruthless communist who gains popularity by damaging the United States, while the other guy runs China.

  Argus Hamilton

  Guy, Chinese, President

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• Senate Democrats vowed Sunday to kill President Bush's energy plan. They think this is their ticket back to the White House in 2004. All they have to do now is figure out a way to get cars to run on beautiful pictures of Alaska.

  Argus Hamilton

  Beautiful, Sunday, Thinking

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• Conoco will build a $75 million plant to see if a process to convert natural gas to liquid fuel is profitable. It has to be. In California, gasoline is so expensive that people are trying to run their cars on cocaine.

  Argus Hamilton

  California, People, Car

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• I became a journalist at 17. A few hours later, I saw my first dead body, which was somewhat... colourful. That's when I learned you can go on throwing up after you run out of things to throw up.

  Terry Pratchett

  Body, Saws, Firsts

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• When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Habit, Daily Habits

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