Pace Quotes - Page 29

Thanks to the race-day adrenaline rush, any pace will feel easier than normal. So make a conscious effort to hold back in the early miles.

Lorraine Moller

Race, Effort, Normal

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Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if, in addition, we set a worthy example and a marat on pace in probity, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice, the people will follow, all too readily, in our footsteps.

Obafemi Awolowo

Sacrifice, Self, People

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If the pace and the push, the noise and the crowds are getting to you, it's time to stop the nonsense and find a place of solace to refresh your spirit

Charles R. Swindoll

Christian, Crowds, Noise

Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Paris... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail.

Edmund White

Paris, Details, World

Edmund White (2016). “The Flaneur”, p.20, Bloomsbury Publishing

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The reality, ... is that I need to win games of football. That's where the pressure and the sleepless nights come from. There's a fantasy pressure with this job but none of that matters. I need to make this team into a good unit, need to take it forward, give it a change of pace, need to get it younger and to use the experience of the lads we've got here. I need Lennon and Sutton and people like that to go and show how you handle being a Celtic player.

Gordon Strachan

Football, Jobs, Team

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I think expectations might be preceding reality, ... In the long run we've got some real opportunity here, but we've come a long way too quickly. We may need to ratchet it back a little and set a new foundation to grow for the rest of the year, but continuing at this pace is going to be difficult.

Michael Davies

Running, Real, Opportunity

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I am very pleased with the progress of the new CBS Corporation. The Company's rapid pace of change and innovative approach to emerging business opportunities can be seen in the many strategic announcements we have made over these past few months. The more focused and more nimble organization we sought to create has become a reality and that aggressive spirit of excellence and innovation will continue to benefit shareholders for many years to come.

Sumner Redstone

Past, Opportunity, Reality

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When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage the whole time. This is much more difficult. It's the difference between racing and sprinting. This is sprinting. And I have to learn to pace myself.

Micky Dolenz

Song, Funny Things, Two

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To be really useful, we must keep pace with the state of society, and not dishearten it by attempts at what its population, means, or occupations will fail in attempting.

Thomas Jefferson

Mean, Population, Occupation

Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.79

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See, they return; ah, see the tentative Movements, and the slow feet, The trouble in the pace and the uncertain Wavering! See, they return, one, and by one, With fear, as half-awakened; As if the snow should hesitate And murmur in the wind, and half turn back.

Ezra Pound

Fear, Wind, Feet

Ezra Pound (1957). “Selected Poems”, p.24, New Directions Publishing

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There was no let-up. The tempo was always moderate but steady. If a new guy decided to pick up the pace, that's where it stayed, whether he finished with the group or not. You showed off at your peril.

John L. Parker Jr.

Running, Guy, Groups

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In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say. I couldn't keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.

Akira Mori

Family, Debate, Turns

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It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end.

Thomas Hobbes

Mind, Ends, Pace Of Life

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I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me

Muhammad Ali

Fighting, Men, Boxing

Twitter post from May 25, 2012

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Pace is crucial. Fine writing isn't enough. Writing students can be great at producing a single page of well-crafted prose; what they sometimes lack is the ability to take the reader on a journey, with all the changes of terrain, speed and mood that a long journey involves. Again, I find that looking at films can help. Most novels will want to move close, linger, move back, move on, in pretty cinematic ways.

Rose Tremain

Moving, Writing, Journey

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The American dream is shrinking because some of our leaders want it to shrink. Decline, in other words, has become a policy objective. And if this decline continues at the current pace, America as we know it will cease to exist. In effect, we will have committed national suicide.

Dinesh D'Souza

Suicide, Dream, America

Dinesh D'Souza (2014). “America: Imagine a World without Her”, p.6, Regnery Publishing

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In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The tricky thing is to grow at this rate and maintain a 40 percent operating margin.

Larry Ellison

Inspirational, Couple, Order

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Civilization’s shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.

Stewart Brand

Civilization, Environmental, Attention

Stewart Brand (1999). “The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility”, p.141, Basic Books

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We now live in an amazing digital world, and television is firmly part of that brave new world. Television is still the way to reach the most citizens and talk to them – and with them - about how the EU affects their lives. It's still the way to bring people together – to laugh, to debate, to learn. In a world that takes a faster and faster pace, it is nice to know you can slow down once in a while with a good TV programme.

Neelie Kroes

Nice, Brave New World, People

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The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained heart. 4. A well-trained hand. All four must develop together, in constant equilibrium. As soon as one lags behind or rushes ahead, there is something wrong. So far most of you have met only the requirement of the fourth point: the training of your fingers has left the rest far behind. You would have achieved the same results more quickly and easily, however, if your training in the other three had kept pace.

Zoltan Kodaly

Heart, Hands, Training

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I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet ole Satchel (Paige) shoots up to the plate.

Dizzy Dean

Boys, Looks, Littles

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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning.

Amby Burfoot

Running, Winning, Race

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A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.

Bill Rodgers

Change, Running, Giving

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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow... Like a Coach and six - the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace.

John Quincy Adams

Horse, America, Progress

John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams (2005). “John Adams”, p.245, Cosimo, Inc.

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I have closely noted that people who watch a great deal of TV never again seem able to adjust to the actual pace of life. The speed of the passing images becomes the speed the aspire to and they seem to develop an impatience and boredom with anything else.

Jim Harrison

People, Boredom, Watches

Jim Harrison (2007). “Off to the Side: A Memoir”, p.20, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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