Ran Quotes - Page 32

• I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

  Tea Obreht

  Thinking, Young, Mythology

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• I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. That didn't work out; I broke my collarbone. But I always loved running.

  Danny Pudi

  Football, Running, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.

  David Limbaugh

  Commitment, America, Optimism

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• Mom ran the house, so we grew up Portuguese.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Mom, House, Portuguese

  "Interview with Chef Emeril Lagasse of Emeril's - New Orleans, Louisiana". Interview with P. Greaney, www.starchefs.com. October 2011.

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• The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.

  Charles Perrault

  Kings, Princess, Son

  Charles Perrault (1942). “The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696”, p.8, Library of Alexandria

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• I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Running, Past, Two

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Running, Dream, Race

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• When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then.

  Oscar Pistorius

  New York, Rain, Years

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• My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.

  Rob Portman

  Issues, People, Together

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• I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Ready

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• TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.

  Melissa Rauch

  Mom, Dream, Growing Up

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• I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.

  John Slattery

  Limos, Used, Lost

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in the Senate with Rick Santorum. The fact is, you had a very bad re-election rating, you dropped out of office, you had been out of state for something like 200 days preparing to run for president. You didn't have this interlude of citizenship while you thought about what you do. You were running for president while you were governor.

  Newt Gingrich

  Running, Office, President

  Newt Gingrich at GOP Primary debate at Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, New Hampshire, www.washingtonpost.com. January 8, 2012.

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• I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.

  Sam Wyly

  Writing, Long, People

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• Work less than you think you should. It took me a while to realise there was a point each day when my creativity ran out and I was just producing words - usually lousy ones - for their own sake. And nap: it helps to refresh the brain, at least mine.

  Amy Waldman

  Creativity, Thinking, Naps

  "Paperback Q&A: Amy Waldman on The Submission". www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2012.

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• If you've never met a Navy SEAL and you ran into one at a bar, you probably still wouldn't know he's a Navy SEAL.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Navy, Bars, Mets

  "Who Are the Members of Navy SEAL Team Six?" by Chris Cuomo, Jay Shaylor and Katie Morison, abcnews.go.com. January 25, 2012.

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• My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

  Mae Whitman

  Cute, Mom, Children

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.

  Michael Weatherly

  Mean, Thinking, Challenges

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• I am a creator of TV shows. 'Lifestyle' ran for 14 years... that was pleasurable. We also had 'Runaway' for eight years. We did two years of a show called 'The Start of Something Big', and we did a network series called 'Fame, Fortune and Romance.'

  Robin Leach

  Eight, Years, Tv Shows

  "Interview: Robin Leach interview". www.askmen.com.

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• I left Guiding Light so many times, they ran out of champagne.

  Michael Zaslow

  Light, Champagne, Left

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• Never ran away for the sake of scars.

  Andy Biersack

  Sake, Scar

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• Lothaire:Hate scars. I'm physically flawless--why can't everyone be? Everywhere Lothaire went, people stopped and stared. Of course, then they usually ran.

  Kresley Cole

  Hate, People, Flawless

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• I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They were shooting the second 'California Love' video. My pops had seen him and ran back to the house and got me, put me on his neck, and we stood there watching Dre and Pac in a Bentley.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Years, California, House

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. 'In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran.'

  Eddie Izzard

  Country, Horse, Animal

  "Eddie Izzard: Definite Article". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. 1996.

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• I think all old folk's homes should have striptease. If I ran one I'd have a striptease every week.

  Cynthia Payne

  Home, Thinking, Should Have

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