Medal Quotes - Page 16

• Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki

  Nigel Starmer-Smith

  Inspirational, Funny, Gold

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• The Games have been decimated. If you take away the Eastern Bloc, you take away 50% of the medals

  Ron Pickering

  Inspirational, Funny, Games

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• I won my tournament. I won the Silver Medal.

  Tom Kite

  Golf, Silver, Tournaments

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• The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons. Not to fall asleep is distinguished. Everything else is mere popcorn.

  Saul Bellow

  Art, Philosophy, Real

  1975 Humboldt's Gift.

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• We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

  Esther Williams

  Winning, Olympic Medals

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• It was a great Olympics - Team USA finished the games with 17 more medals than China. China said it was tough to swallow - especially when they had to make all of our "We're #1" T-shirts.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Team, London Olympics

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• Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer team, of course, returned home to their houses here in Los Angeles.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Soccer, Team

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• The Romneys have a horse competing in the Olympics. Ann Romney's horse failed to win a medal in the dressage event today, which is a shame because if there's one thing that family needs, it's more gold.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Horse, Winning

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• Naturally the U.S. trails in gold medals because every time we win one, we hand it over to the Chinese to pay off our debt.

  Stephen Colbert

  Funny, Winning, London Olympics

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• The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disputed whether John Kerry deserved some of his five medals. A large part of Kerry's defense was an appeal to the authority of veterans who supported him-one of whom has now been revealed to have received a medal he doesn't deserve. This doesn't prove the Kerry detractors were right, but it certainly doesn't weaken their case.

  James Taranto

  Defense, Veteran, Boat

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• "America's Cold War veterans deserve every honor we can bestow upon them for their hard work and dedication to keeping our nation safe,". "The Cold War Service Medal would allow military service members, veterans, and their families to receive the recognition and honor they rightfully deserve. I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure our veterans receive the support and care they and their families need. It's the least we can do as a grateful nation."

  Blanche Lincoln

  Military, War, Grateful

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• "For 46 years, we were engaged in a worldwide battle against communism". "During that time, there were countless heroes, who served in our nation's Armed Forces and played a critical role in America's triumph. These men and women, who sacrificed so much for so many, deserve to be awarded the Cold War Service Medal in recognized of their faithful service to their country and tireless defense of freedom around the world."

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, War, Hero

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• Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the longest war Britain fought and certainly the most expensive. Its climax was total victory. Yet there was no parade, no medals, no colours hung in cathedrals. The Cold War saw no battles and cost almost no blood. Where there is no blood there is no glory and hence no history. Asked What did you do in the war, Daddy?, I could say only that I paid my taxes and left it at that.

  Simon Jenkins

  War, Blood, Years

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• Representing Canada as a hockey player is always a tremendous honor, which also comes with a lot of responsibility. Being able to compete and win a gold medal on our home soil made it a once in a lifetime experience. Capping off the best ever performance by not only the Canadian athletes, but also Vancouver and all Canadians, made for an amazing Olympic experience.

  Scott Niedermayer

  Responsibility, Home, Athlete

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• Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.

  Chris Klein

  Sports, Swimming, Epic

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• The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

  Bob Kerrey

  Heart, Purple, Certain

  Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com.

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• So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.

  Aaron Neville

  Prayer, Book, Years

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• I want to win a gold medal in London.

  Kerri Walsh

  Winning, Goal, Gold

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• And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Goal, Gold, Want

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• You know, me winning two gold medals, going for a third one, that's nice. But being there with Mark and my sister, and my brother being the coach, it's a dream come true. It's going to be awesome.

  Diana Lopez

  Dream, Brother, Nice

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• I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.

  Diana Lopez

  Brother, Thinking, Champion

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• The U.S. team has swept all the medals in the skeet shooting event. So despite our bad economy, it's nice to know our country has never been safer from an attack of skeets.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Country, Nice

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• So far China has won the most gold medals, ladies and gentlemen. The Chinese athletes can't wait to get home and show the medals off to the kids who made them.

  Conan O'Brien

  Funny, Home, Athlete

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• I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want to be part of it. I want to be a witness. I want to walk arm in arm with it. I want to hear it more and more, to cradle it, to carry it like a medal on my chest. Activism is a constant element in my life, even though afterwards I anguish over not having written 'my own things.' Testimonial literature provides evidence of events that people would like to hide, denounces and therefore is political and part of a country in which everything remains to be done and documented.

  Elena Poniatowska

  Country, People, Political

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• The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at the expense of this society to praise each other over wine and give each other medals.

  Charles Babbage

  Wine, Men, Giving

  Charles Babbage (2013). “On the Principles and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings”, p.31, Courier Corporation

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