An army that fought and won a war decisively finds it even more difficult to undergo change. — Eric Shinseki Copy Share Image
I was a theater major at Northwestern University and won a role in a play called 'Mr. Marmalade' after I graduated. — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
I was the kid who never won the races... I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Cristiano Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or trophies and this is the dream of every player. — Joao Felix Copy Share Image
Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
Just because I won the U.S. Open doesn't mean I'm going to change the way I live. — Angel Cabrera Copy Share Image
You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator. — Joel Siegel Copy Share Image
The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch… — Allan Sloan Copy Share Image
When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
“Shout out to everyone transcending a mindset, mentality, desire, belief, emotion, habit, behavior or vibration, that no longer serves them.” — Lalah Delia Copy Share Image
China is not to be won for Christ by quiet, ease-loving men and women... The stamp of men and women we need… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
When I found out that I had won the MacArthur Fellowship, I had been a professor at Carnegie Mellon for a week.… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
“The way to the hall of failure passes through the chamber of indecision. The way to the hall of success passes through… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We're novices. We have friends now who are part of the freshman class who in some cases have run for Congress two… — Max Burns Copy Share Image
Google likely never cared if Google+ 'won' as a competitor to Facebook (though if it did, that would have been a nice… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of 'Lost… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I won an MVP trophy with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. I didn't even start. I was a sub on this… — Nelly Copy Share Image
I once won a Grammy for an Australian version of 'Turn the Page' that another artist did; I can't remember his name.… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
Most of my recognition comes from us winning that championship. The words may not come out - 'Super Bowl III' - because… — Joe Namath Copy Share Image
My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
When I was ten, I won the horseshoe-throwing contest at summer camp. I was also the Wiffle ball champion in my town. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won. — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
I didn't win any bunch sprints. But I won in solo breakaways, I won time-trials, I won in the mountains. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
“If you are bitter, that means they got the best of you. If they got the best of you, that means they… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
The best novel I wrote was one called 'Crusoe's Daughter,' which never won any prizes. But I was getting somewhere in that.… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
But the citizens of Cincinnati loved their Reds because they won, no matter what their addresses had been the year before. They… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
It is just that all my life I have been so involved in my work that I guess one could say in… — Fritz Lang Copy Share Image
'The Duellists' won Cannes, but Paramount didn't know how to release a film about two guys in bizarre breeches, waving swords around.… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I'm so thrilled to have won the RITA. The award is particularly special because it is given by other romance authors. It's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In 2009, Hamas was relatively new to power. It had won elections just three years earlier and was flexing its newfound strength… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If… — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
'Triumph over tragedy' - how pathetic! I think people are generally freaked out that I'm multifaceted. You don't hear people saying, 'Gwyneth… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
