They Won Quotes
62 They Won quotes by 60 unique authors
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The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters,…
— Adam Sandler
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their…
— B. C. Forbes
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Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that…
— Jose Mourinho
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I grew up a Phillies fan. Me and my buddies tailgated a couple of times when they won the World Series. I like just being…
— Mike Trout
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In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
— Harry S. Truman
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A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths…
— Lloyd Alexander
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Mr. Feld was right; life was like baseball, filled with loss and error, with bad hops and wild pitches, a game in which even champions…
— Michael Chabon
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Well,” said the frog, “what are you going to do about it?” “Marrying Therandil? I don’t know. I’ve tried talking to my parents, but they…
— Patricia C. Wrede
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I disconnected as a sleepy Seth stepped out of the bedroom. “Who’s Dante? Was that a collect call to the Inferno?” “They won’t accept the…
— Richelle Mead
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After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack…
— Rick Riordan
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William strode to her. That’s how it’s done. Drink it in. She surveyed the carnage behind him. “Did you have fun?” He showed her his…
— Ilona Andrews
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They won the war but lost the peace,
— Jonathan Maberry
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Will the others see you too?" asked Lucy. "Certainly not at first," said Aslan. "Later on, it depends." "But they won’t believe me!" said Lucy.…
— C.S. Lewis
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they…
— Tina Fey
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Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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And someday when the descendants of humanity have spread from star to star they won’t tell the children about the history of Ancient Earth until…
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Robert McKee says humans naturally seek comfort and stability. Without an inciting incident that disrupts their comfort, they won’t enter into a story. They have…
— Donald Miller
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When you look into your baby’s eyes,” Lacy said softly, “you see everything you hope they can be…not everything you wish they won’t become.
— Jodi Picoult
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You’ll be all right. You’re strong. I know you’ll be okay because I like you and you can’t like someone who doesn’t like themself. The…
— Sarah Kane
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You’re only responsible for yourself, Jess. And that’s the only person you can control. Other people will either get it or they won’t but you…
— Susan Mallery
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Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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But grieving people are selfish. They won’t let you comfort them and they say you don’t understand and they make you feel useless when all…
— Melina Marchetta
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It’s all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won’t let anyone else do it.…
— Markus Zusak
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I can get others to do what you do. They won’t be as good, but . . . okay. It could work. But it doesn’t…
— Karen Chance
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In 1981, when I went down to visit Georgia Tech, I watched Michael Jordan play and literally get ridiculed for taking a jump shot in…
— John Salley
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