We play Amazing Race on New Year's Eve. My mom or aunt makes a whole list of things that we have to… — Trea Turner Copy Share Image
With education symmetrical and true we will take the dead mass buried by slavery's hand and touch them to life. This beauteous… — William Tecumseh Vernon Copy Share Image
“Running efficiently demands good technique, and running efficiently for 100 miles demands great technique. But the wonderful paradox of running is that… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
I met a solid rowing friend and asked about the Race. "How fared it with the wind," I said, "When stroke increased… — R. C. Lehmann Copy Share Image
Road racing at the moment because it's still so new to me. I like the fact that they are longer and teamwork… — Mark-Paul Gosselaar Copy Share Image
The race of prophets is extinct. Europe is becoming set in its ways, slowly embalming itself beneath the wrappings of its borders,… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
To the Virgins, To Make much of Time Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Training is doing your homework. It's not exciting. More often than not it's tedious. There is certainly no glory in it. But… — Jack Edmonds Copy Share Image
Even if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
[On affirmative action:] Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
There is a wheel within a wheel; a secret sacred wheel of Providence (most visible in marriages), guided by His hand that… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
President Obama and Secretary Duncan have made stronger teacher evaluation a key part of their education reform efforts. Under their signature plan,… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
“After the defeat of the German Revolution in 1848 German Nationalism lost much of its original liberalism. Worship of State and Race… — Hugh Seton-Watson Copy Share Image
Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live… — Charlotte Gray Copy Share Image
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Fortunately for the human race, pain, however piercing, is not a lasting emotion. The recollection of happiness lingers, but the consciousness never… — Wallis Simpson Copy Share Image
The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves as superior.… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
“I wanted to drag them all out, flay us all, destroy all the artificial separations of history. You'd merely done what I… — Kelly J. Cogswell Copy Share Image
Ayrton and I shared a lot of incredible races, where he was first and I was second and vice-versa. I think it's… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often… — Plato Copy Share Image
As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we… — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
Motor Racing Outreach is great. They provide a chapel service every Sunday for drivers, wives, crew members, and others in the NASCAR… — Austin Dillon Copy Share Image
There was no way to lock down, or tighten up, or Fail-Safe into Security Theater a race that covers 26.2 miles, a… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
A first attempt to recover the right of self government may fail, so may a second, a third, etc. But as a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All peoples are struggling to blast a way through the industrial monopoly of races and nations, but the Negro as a whole… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
I like to compete in a suit that will help me save me time and energy by reducing drag, so I race… — Timothy O'Donnell Copy Share Image
As I get older I see that running has changed for me. What used to be about burning calories is now more… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
I've been cursed for delving into the mysteries of life. Perhaps death is sacred, and I've profaned it. Oh, what a wonderful… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life… — Jackie Stewart Copy Share Image
Sara Blair's Harlem Crossroads is an important addition to the body of literature that currently exists about Harlem. It brilliantly illuminates the… — Dawoud Bey Copy Share Image
People may like what third-party candidates say, because often they are the only ones saying anything, but they usually won't vote for… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
I will say, in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
The advice I have for beginners is the same philosophy that I have for runners of all levels of experience and ability… — Bill Rodgers Copy Share Image
We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
![“[On affirmative action:] Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as athletic ability, celebrity of parents, and alumni connections. It is remarkable how little agitation there is against those practices.” quote by Barbara Bergmann](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/974/barbara-bergmann-64259_ability_on-affirmative-action-universities-give_2483440.jpg)
![“I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or a drug dealer. We're no longer just that. I'll play any part that challenges me. What's important is that all races have choices.” quote by Eva Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/224/eva-mendes-3656_asian_i-remember-reading-scripts-when-i-starte_805353.jpg)
