Riders Quotes - Page 9

• Riders called me up afterwards to say that they had had no other choice. I couldn't understand the way they changed their tune.

  Patrik Sinkewitz

  Choices, Tunes, Way

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• I hate people walking down the street listening to the soundtrack of their lives which responds to them but not their setting. I hate the overspill of sound which metro and subway riders are oblivious to because they notice no one and nothing around them.

  Margaret Heffernan

  Hate, People, Listening

  "Why Are We So Afraid of Silence?" by Margaret Heffernan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 20, 2013.

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• A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

  Steven Pressfield

  Horse, Mad, Cavalry

  Steven Pressfield (2004). “The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great”, Broadway Books

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• Orcs, and talking trees, and leagues of grass, and galloping riders, and glittering caves, and white towers and golden halls, and battles, and tall ships sailing, all these passed before Sam's mind.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Talking, White, League

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.934, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels.

  Walter Smith

  Growing Up, Adventure, Boys

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• The hippogriff took off into the air. . . . He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them . . . then a cloud drifted across the moon. . . . They were gone.

  J. K. Rowling

  Moon, Clouds, Air

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• The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Elephants

  Jonathan Haidt (2012). “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”, p.49, Vintage

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• Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet Ingrid Bergman. Or more realistically - whether actually more realistic or not - I'd tune in on a better life, something more suited to my true self. Toward that end, I had to undergo training. I read The Greening of America, and I saw Easy Rider three times. But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn't anywhere. I was myself, waiting on the shore for me to return.

  Haruki Murakami

  Moving, America, Self

  "Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World". Book by Haruki Murakami, September 1991.

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• What is the best that lies within us? Of how much are we capable? None of us yet knows. An old Arabic legend tells of a rider finding a spindly sparrow lying on its back in the middle of the road. He dismounted and asked the sparrow why his feet were in the air. Replied the sparrow, "I heard the heavens were going to fall today." "And I suppose you think your puny bird legs can hold up the whole universe?" laughed the horseman. "Perhaps not," said the sparrow with conviction, "but one does whatever one can.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Lying, Fall, Thinking

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• The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses.

  George R. R. Martin

  Horse, Kissing, White

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.320, Bantam

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• Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.” Dany met his stare. “I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogo’s riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

  George R. R. Martin

  Mother, Queens, Men

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1928, Bantam

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• Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want it — they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices "No, not yet," and the sky said "No, not there.

  E. M. Forster

  Horse, Rocks, Views

  E. M. Forster (2010). “A Passage to India”, p.322, RosettaBooks

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• A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.

  Prince Philip

  Horse, Equestrian, Excuse

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• A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.

  Nuno Oliveira

  Horse, Pushing, Equestrian

  "Reflections on Equestrian Art". Book by Nuno Oliveira, 1965.

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• I will continue to fight for legislation that forces Congress to read the bills! I will fight for a vote on my bill that calls for a waiting period for each page of legislation. I will continue to object when Congress sticks special interest riders on bills in the dead of night! And if Congress refuses to obey its own rules, if Congress refuses to pass a budget, if Congress refuses to read the bills, then I say: Sweep the place clean. Limit their terms and send them home!

  Rand Paul

  Home, Fighting, Night

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• Yes, I will probably be that way. I am sure I will. I think that it shouldn't stop you. I think of course my life is going to change, and I definitely will make sacrifices, but you know, I think I will be able to bring hopefully my little rider with me.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Pregnancy, Sacrifice, Thinking

  "Beyonce discusses pregnancy and her new fragrance". Interview with Alicia Quarles, newsok.com. September 22, 2011.

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• Without question, bicycling is an efficient, economical and environmentally sound form of transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a great activity for families, recreational riders and commuters. Hillary, Chelsea and I have bicycles.

  William J. Clinton

  Sound, Form, Recreation

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• You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong, and they struggle to construct post hoc justifications for those feelings. Even when the servant (reasoning) comes back empty-handed, the master (intuition) doesn't change his judgment.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Strong, Struggle, Elephants

  Jonathan Haidt (2012). “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”, p.50, Vintage

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• Nerd. Geek. Used to be if you self-identified that way, you'd get thrown into a locker and never have sex. Or worse, whatever that is. But to me and more and more people I know, being a nerd or a geek means having passion, power, intelligence. Being a nerd just means there is something in the world that you care deeply about—be it twelve-sided dice, a favorite sports team, your new laptop or Night Rider.

  Olivia Munn

  Sports, Sex, Team

  Olivia Munn, Mac Montandon (2010). “Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek”, p.52, St. Martin's Press

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• The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.

  John Rawls

  Share, Advantage, Institutions

  "A Theory of Justice". Book by John Rawls, 1971.

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• All the alleged key causes of SOE [State-Owned Enterprise] inefficiency - the principal-agent problem, the free-rider problem and the soft budget constraint - are, while real, not unique to state-owned enterprises. Large private-sector firms with dispersed ownership also suffer from the principal-agent problem and the free-rider problem. So, in these two areas, forms of ownership do matter, but the critical divide is not between state and private ownership - it is between concentrated and dispersed ownerships.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Real, Unique, Keys

  "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism". Book by Ha-Joon Chang, en.wikiquote.org. 2008.

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• When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world. We go out, take a ride in one of the low riders or something. Totally different person than when I'm working. But the work comes to some headaches.

  DMX

  Dog, Children, Home

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. March 25, 2004.

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• I have seen many lean riders in the peloton, but very few Tour winners

  Jan Ullrich

  Winner

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• There are old riders and bold riders, but no old bold riders.

  J. A. Jance

  Horse

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• I'm not a social rider. Strictly professional.

  Ron Perlman

  Social

  Source: collider.com

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