Cross Country Quotes
32 quotes by 29 authors
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In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and…
— Diane Ackerman
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I love running cross-country...You come up a hill and see two deer going, 'What the hell is he doing?' On a track I feel like…
— Robin Williams
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with…
— Nelson Mandela
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The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.
— Lynn Jennings
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The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you…
— Ed Eyestone
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When I was about 14 or 15, and running in a pretty muddy cross country race, one of my shoes stuck in the mud and…
— Robert de Castella
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The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country; you're one with the mud.
— Lynn Jennings
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School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on…
— Gordon Pirie
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I saw at once that I had only to rise in my machine, fix my eyes upon the castle, fly over it and speed directly…
— Harriet Quimby
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In my opinion, if there is one extremely legitimate use for petroleum besides running wood chippers and front-end loaders to handle compost, it's making plastic…
— Joel Salatin
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If it's cross-country ski season, I'll be out doing that, or snowshoeing up in Quebec. In my California home, I go to the local Y…
— Neil Peart
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I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends…
— Dana Carvey
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My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're…
— Alice Cooper
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The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it's physically enervating. I nap on a daily basis like a cross-country trucker.
— Mary Karr
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I've always wanted to drive cross-country.
— Mila Kunis
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Polls? Nah... they're for strippers and cross country skiers.
— Sarah Palin
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It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to…
— Neil Peart
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
— Steven Wright
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Each day is an adventure in discovering the meaning of life. It is each little thing that you do that day - whether it be…
— Jack Canfield
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My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it…
— Roger Bannister
Who Wrote These Cross Country Quotes
29 authors contributed a total of 32 Cross Country Quotes, led by these top contributors: