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HELEN HOULIHAN Cycling, cycling forever
bear, wolf, caribou.
When had it all started, where will it end?...
KATHRYN LASKY I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.
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JOHN QUELCH I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club...
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MATT THORNTON We met and talked about playing smarter. Some of the guys had struggled with what club to hit and ho...
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EMMA ZAIAC We haven't had any discussions with any club about a transfer for Freddy.
IVAN GAZIDIS We talked a couple of times about what we should do.
CAROLYN JACKSON The words you can’t find, you borrow.
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GABRIELLE ZEVIN We started by talking about some of the local public-art projects that have taken place recently. Th...
DEB TYTE We had mutual friends and we had met through cycling. She kept me going when I got burned out.
GREG ANDERSON Tradition means nothing. It's about what you do tomorrow as a football club, not what you did ye...
JIMMY HILL That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating t...
BRADLEY WIGGINS Cycling as a whole is totally underestimated.
VICTORIA PENDLETON The reaction from the players and the staff was as you might expect. We talked about the expectation...
DOUG HAMILTON Cycling has been neglected by local governments and as a result, the general populous has not been a...
LOREN MOONEY I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.
DAVID MILLAR Just talking about (the discounts), it was clear that if we were going to come with an employee pric...
MIKE ABERLICH We've started planning for the future and next season and we have ideas about how we want to go abou...
IFFY ONUORA In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id...
GARY F EVANS... Cycling was the sport of our family - we did it all the time, five days a week.
LAURA TROTT We readily go to the health club when our doctor suggests we need more exercise, but we regularly ne...
PICO IYER Used to, it was mostly college kids buying bicycles to get around campus. But now it's people who ha...
RICK CAIN The Kiwanis does worldwide community service and our little local club decided to do our share. We s...
DAVID HOPPER We talked about having more energy and we started off fast.
AMANDA ANDERSON Cycling is the new golf.
CURT MCPHAIL This is a major declaration of intent. We no longer want to be talked about--we now want to do the t...
TANYA HARRIS Cycling has brought me a lot of pleasure and, being a Scot, I know how lucky we are to have beautifu...
CHRIS HOY No. 1, we are a lawn bowling club, and then we're a social club.
BETH FORBES We talked about getting turnovers and Cato got us started.
GARY BRACKETT We're starting a garden club because we do own the grounds.
DONNA GODFREY This eclipses anything I have ever done with cycling.
ROBERT GILMORE Sometimes it's hard to pinpoint what exactly has changed. We were talking earlier about the Chicago ...
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BRAD ROEBER I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of peo...
HARRY CONNICK, JR. I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON We talked about that being a real turnaround emotionally for Calgary.
BARRY TROTZ All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as ru...
BRYAN ROBSON There will be no talking about money because if she does that's all that's going to be talked about.
JEFF ANDERSON We made too many errors, and we weren't talking. We talked about that after the game.
DALE BEERMAN We talked about 'being back' at the pep assembly and that is what we are now,
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CARNELL WILLIAMS A lot of it was lifestyle. There's an affinity for cooking and culinary arts as well as cycling and ...
BARRY SILVERMAN I would think the biggest misconception about our club was we have this powerhouse offensive team.
TONY LA RUSSA The tournament started in 1994 to benefit the Penn State Wrestling Club -- a booster club under the ...
BETTY ARNOLD Our heads got turned when we sat down and talked about what they could do for our business.
BOB LAMEY Cycling is a great way to learn about your city. I love being outdoors, especially in good weather, ...
ERIN O'CONNOR Cycling is a great way to learn about your city. I love being outdoors, especially in good weather, ...
ERIN O'CONNOR At the quarter break, that was one thing we talked about: We know that [Woodstock] is going to come ...
KYLE MCCAUGHN It's hypocritical. Armstrong brought so much more international attention to cycling. I have a lot o...
PATRICK LEFEVERE Rossella, non ho mai avuto la pazienza di raccogliere i frammenti di un oggetto rotto per incollarli...
MARGARET MITCHELL I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never...
GREG LEMOND My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose c...
LAURA TROTT I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absu...
TOM HODGKINSON It probably does signal the idea that a young player on this club doesn't have a birthright to a spo...
BILL BAVASI We talked at halftime about character, composure and about this being a season-defining game for us....
DARRIN SCOTT It is not about money. It is about a player thinking he is bigger than this club.
FREDDY SHEPHERD It is a fantastic club with a manager who is passionate about his football.
DANNY MILLS We are not an all-ages dance club. We are a skills-building youth music and arts program that also d...
KATE BECKER If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS... People are attracted to who we are more than what we do.
LORRIN L. LEE We needed to start a club here.
CAROLYN BELCZYK We were very much a family club,
JAMES GRANT We have some outstanding graduates in all fields and it's about time we started talking about those ...
CAROL AYRES Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club image. We were talki...
PETE DU PONT I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
ABBI JACOBSON Whatever job Alan does for this club, whatever job Alan would want to do for this club, he will alwa...
GLENN ROEDER I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all ha...
DOLLY PARTON We talked about coming out strong for 40 minutes. That's what we tried to do tonight.
DAVID PAK It was really shocking. I just talked to him last month, and he was talking about next year. We want...
ANDY KLINK and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk...
RAYMOND CARVER Notre Dame is in his rearview mirror. We don't even talk about it. What we have talked about is the ...
RAY ANDERSON We talked about that a lot this week -- about being focused on the road... We kinda tried to treat i...
JOE LABUDA I flunked out of five colleges, and I did not know what I was going to do. And when I was sitting in...
JIMMY DUNN Do I want to see a subdivision or a gun club? Honestly - I would want a gun club.
ART SPINELLA We've been talking about a garage sale and we talked about what we could send them, ... Then we thou...
MATTHEW ADAMS Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
LANCE ARMSTRONG I liked how we were matched up. We talked about it from a standpoint of being ready.
JOANNE P. MCCALLIE That's something we all kind of talked about when we started doing this. It's something that's reall...
BOBBY CARPENTER We are a club and we try to work together,
ANDREY DENISOV On bikeback, there is a delightful sense of self-direction and autonomy. Lately, I have taken to cyc...
TOM HODGKINSON Make out in a club? I didn't do that when I was with Britney. Why would I do it with somebody I just...
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Make out in a club? I didn't do that when I was with Britney, ... Why would I do it with somebody I ...
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE What keeps the club together is that we are set on a format already proven to be a logical way to ru...
BETTY NOSTDAHL One member at the club is suggesting we have a match between the two rinks here at the club, sell so...
GORD MINK So now we are in a situation, when people don't respect the place they visit and they tend to move o...
ALEXEI HAAS The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.
JUNIOR SEAU The Rider

A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
his loneliness c...
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE fight club exists only when fight club begins and when it ends.
TYLER DURDEN They talked about it for so long, we thought they were just going to keep talking.
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SAMUEL BUTLER The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
SAMUEL BUTLER Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
SAMUEL BUTLER Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed.
SAMUEL BUTLER The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
SAMUEL BUTLER Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
SAMUEL BUTLER The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
SAMUEL BUTLER He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
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