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In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
Major Taylor
Word
Own
My Own
Had
Blaze
Trail
Pioneer
Therefore
I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.
Major Taylor
Best
Confidence
Win
Gathering
Ability
Had
Ovation
Also
Always
Doing
His
After
Noticed
Who
Rider
Level
Defeated
Received
If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.
Malcolm Fraser
Sometimes
Programmes
Channel
Appropriate
Would
Indigenous
Had
Part
Generations
Sooner
Because
Stolen
Realised
Little
Them
Organisations
Help
Many
Play
Associations
I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was the favorite to win, and he lost. I realized in that moment the pain he felt was so much greater than the pain that those who never thought they were going to win would have felt had they lost.
Malcolm Gladwell
Win
Remember
Thought
Big
Lost
Pain
Kid
Those
Favorite
Would
Athlete
Never
Had
He
Cheering
Track
Greater
Felt
Were
Than
Going
Realized
Much
Games
Moment
Who
Watching
Olympic
Olympic Games
The attacks of September 11 were made possible, in part, by the fact that U.S. law enforcement had a bias that 'rich Saudis are safe Arabs.' Al Qaeda understood that bias and relied on it to operate freely in the United States for years, even when the terrorists were engaged in activities that the authorities considered suspicious.
Malcolm Nance
Law
Made
Rich
September
Considered
States
Possible
Arabs
Law Enforcement
Fact
Attacks
Had
Part
Freely
Bias
Safe
Operate
Terrorists
Understood
Were
Years
Authorities
Suspicious
Enforcement
Engaged
Even
Activities
Al
United
United States
Al-Qaeda
Saudi
For me, my 'X' replaced the white slave master name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed on my parental forebears.
Malcolm X
Me
Devil
Master
White
Some
Parental
Had
Name
Named
Imposed
Replaced
Blue-Eyed
Which
Little
Slave
I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.
Mara Wilson
Allergic
Half
Athletic
Pretty
Finger
Only
Hospital
Had
Ankles
Like
Reactions
Go
Cautious
Dumb
Very
Trying
Did
Roll
After
While
Cut
Really
Injuries
What would I do with money? I have enough for my needs. I don't want any more. If I had a lot, I would have to care for it, worry about it.
Marcel Duchamp
Needs
Money
Care
Enough
Worry
Would
About
More
Had
Lot
Any
Want
The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference.
Maria Montessori
Work
Creative
Rudeness
Expectation
Patient
Symptom
State
Adolescence
Indifference
Tendency
Had
He
Self-Confidence
Towards
Becomes
Very
Chief
Child
Which
Sensitive
Creative Work
Suddenly
Suffered
Strengthening
Need
In modeling, I had to learn to like myself, to love myself, to feel comfortable.
Mariacarla Boscono
Love
Myself
Had
Feel
Like
Learn
Comfortable
Modeling
To Love
Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence in dealing with their trials and tribulations to date.
Mariella Frostrup
Life
Confidence
Trials
Degree
Before
Every
Spend
Kids
Tribulations
Minute
Having
Date
Had
Felt
Dealing
Stimulating
Them
Full
Lived
I am able to say that I was very much liked at the school. I even had quite some ascendancy over my comrades, and as soon as I appeared in the school yard, I was surrounded by young friends, most of them bigger than I, but who were quite willing to give the appearance of disciples; they would have defended me furiously if necessary.
Marquis de Lafayette
Me
School
Comrades
Young
Say
Willing
Would
Able
Some
Give
Had
Soon
Over
Liked
Most
Disciples
Yard
Am
Were
Surrounded
Friends
Very
Than
Quite
Ascendancy
Bigger
Them
Much
Who
Appearance
Even
Appeared
Necessary
Defended
I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.
Martina Navratilova
People
Had
Longer
Most
Been
Than
Twilight
Career
Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.
Mary Berry
Work
You
Joy
Husband And Wife
Mother
Brilliant
Wife
Husband
Young
Think
Bit
Having
Having Children
Had
Most
Because
Greatest
Were
Greatest Thing
Times
Quite
Quite A Bit
Children
Happen
Little
Infuriating
Working
Help
Whole
Thing
Enjoyed
Kansas had better stop raising corn and begin raising hell.
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Better
Hell
Corn
Had
Begin
Stop
Kansas
Raising
I know how I want to operate as an artist. And that is by having an honest, genuine dialogue about this kind of screwed up journey I've had that I'm so thankful for.
Mary Lambert
Thankful
Journey
Kind
About
Having
Had
Know
Operate
Genuine
How
Dialogue
Up
Artist
Want
Screwed
Screwed-Up
Honest
When I was 16, I had a job on the cleaning crew at a local hospital. I wore a pink uniform and cleaned bathrooms and buffed the hallway linoleum. Oddly, I don't recall hating the job. I recall getting choked up at the end of the summer when I went to turn in my uniform and say goodbye to the ladies.
Mary Roach
Cleaning
Job
Crew
Local
Summer
Say
Hating
Hospital
Cleaned
Had
Goodbye
Hallway
Oddly
Pink
End
Up
Getting
Ladies
Wore
Turn
Uniform
Choked
Recall
What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
Mary Shelley
Me
Will
Others
Haunted
Only
Had
Terrified
Terrify
Pillow
Which
Midnight
Describe
Spectre
Need
I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.
Matthew Gray Gubler
Success
Me
People
Made
Every
Triumph
Only
Had
Over
Over It
Learned
Because
How
Affected
Bully
Thank
Whatsoever
Any
Again
Reason
Fun
Ever
Here
With George Bush, I had absolutely no fear that I would ever be silenced. With Donald Trump, I think I could get dragged offstage and have people actually cheer it. I never thought that would happen in America.
Maysoon Zayid
People
Fear
Thought
No Fear
Think
Would
Silenced
Could
Absolutely
Never
Had
Cheer
George
George Bush
Trump
America
Get
Donald
Donald Trump
Happen
Bush
Ever
Actually
Dragged
For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting.
Meat Loaf
Work
Love
Entertainment
Business
Thought
Past
Nothing
Once
Entertainment Business
Some
Outside
Never
Had
Highs
Real
Years
Done
Quitting
Much
Lows
I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.
Meek Mill
Life
Myself
People
Pressure
My Life
Other
Rappers
Through
Had
Put
Hottest
Always
Wanted
My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hard-working father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.
Meghan Markle
Me
Director
Eyes
Sometimes
Mother
Father
Citizen
Harsh
Television
Open
Had
Lighting
Global
Most
Trade
Clinical
Realities
Therapist
Hard-Working
Mum
Raised
When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.
Merle Haggard
Nature
Winter
Old
Car
Summer
About
Ten
Had
House
Up
Wall
Grew
Anything
Little
Warmer
Inches
Cooler
The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.
Michael Beschloss
Sorry
Become
Fathers
Would
Would-Be
See
Divided
Had
America
Founding
Founding Fathers
I'm not going to please everyone; not everyone's going to like me. I accepted that a long time ago, and if I had to shed a tear every time I got a hate email, believe me, I'd be severely dehydrated.
Michael Bisping
Time
Me
Hate
Please Everyone
Long
Long Time
Believe
Every
Every Time
Everyone
Please
Email
Had
Long Time Ago
Like
Shed
Accepted
Got
Going
Tear
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