I said in my acceptance speech that I hope that readers remember this not as the year I won the Booker, but… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had. — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for… — David Hunt Copy Share Image
The family is very important. They make me feel good always because if I won, when I started to be famous, the… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
The Grammy snuck up on me. I was on tour. It just hit me. I skipped down the street in Vienna. I… — Estelle Copy Share Image
I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double… — Randy Moss Copy Share Image
In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent. — Jerry McNerney Copy Share Image
I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the White Sox in Boston… — Waite Hoyt Copy Share Image
I ran on the platform of moderation and won the election by a large margin. By virtue of the strong mandate that… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
It was a downriver 10-K in the mouth of the Amazon. I won in an hour and 20 minutes. It has to… — Mark Warkentin Copy Share Image
So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
'Dear Mr. Henshaw' came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
To join or not to join films was the biggest choice I had to make. I'd done two years of biogenetic engineering,… — Amisha Patel Copy Share Image
For sure, 2010 was the best year I've ever had. It couldn't have gone any better for me. Even if I just… — Lindsey Vonn Copy Share Image
For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won… — Bernhard von Bulow Copy Share Image
I have plenty of experience, I've won several GPs and I have been on the podium 60-odd times. — David Coulthard Copy Share Image
One of my thoughts on the back nine was 'I don't know how Tiger has won 14 of these things,' I couldn't… — Webb Simpson Copy Share Image
You see the teams that are winning or have won, and you see chemistry on and off the court. — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
A number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Jerry Rice had won two Super Bowls already by the time he got to his ninth year in the league. That's what… — Larry Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try… — Larry Dixon Copy Share Image
When Ronaldinho arrived at Barcelona, they did not win anything. After my arrival, we won it all. — Samuel Eto'o Copy Share Image
When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that… — Hannah Kearney Copy Share Image
A lot of the fighters will say you'll know if a fighter's won or lost just by a fighter's eyes - whether… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world. — Zinedine Zidane Copy Share Image
In 2010, I was ranked top 50 in the deadlift in three different weight classes, and I won my first natural bodybuilding competition. — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
We know that U.S. voters, and world leaders, allow Obama extraordinary leeway when it comes to deadly drone strikes, precisely because of… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
My week at school would be good or bad depending on whether Balmain won. I have such fond memories of those suburban… — Matthew Nable Copy Share Image
I have a special feeling for Blue Hills CC, where I won perhaps the most important tournament of my life when I… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
I remember one game when I pitched in Yankee Stadium and gave up five runs in the first inning. It would have… — Hal Newhouser Copy Share Image
Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker,… — Jason Gedrick Copy Share Image
I came back from my ACL injury and won MVP. So, what's a groin? What's an adductor? That's how I look at… — Adrian Peterson Copy Share Image
The majors are very important, and I would love to win one or many. I'll continue to compete in them hard and… — Luke Donald Copy Share Image
Some people treat seeing me as if they just won a car on 'The Price is Right.' The feet get going, and… — John Schneider Copy Share Image
In 1980 I sent a play, 'Jitney,' to the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, won a Jerome Fellowship, and found myself sitting in… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a roulette wheel. Each project dictates what's going to happen for you next, and it doesn't really matter that your… — Adam Green Copy Share Image
