Competed For The First Time Quotes & Sayings

I put myself up for full professor, an act of such unprecedented and unmitigated arrogance that the committee approved it, thus effectively rooting me to the scene of the crime, too weighed down by tenure, rank, and salary to be marketable ever again. — Richard Russo

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike — Harold Bloom

Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man. — Billy Sunday

I think," Philander Knox teased, "it would be better to keep your action free from any taint of legality. — Edmund Morris

A lot of people got in at the wrong time. A lot of people did very well and some people said, "This is it. I'll never get back in again." And they maybe meant it, but they probably got back in again anyway. — Peter Lynch

I have had to learn the simplest things
last. Which made for difficulties. — Charles Olson

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. — Epicurus

Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer. — James Harden

Goodness is generous and diffusive; it is largeness of mind, and sweetness of temper,
balsam in the blood, and justice sublimated to a richer spirit. — Jeremy Collier

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed. — Nastia Liukin

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist. — Elfriede Jelinek

I went to the International Ballet competition when I was 15 or 16 and that was the first time I competed. I didn't get very far but it was the first time that I realized what I needed to do to become a dancer. I realized how hard it was. — Joan Chen

I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids, who are mooning me and singing me songs. — Melissa McCarthy

With different aspects of reality, in the main, science and religion turned into warring parts by players in the academy, we will never reach and reap from the wholesome reality that is only open to us by pursuit of one system of knowledge. — Yemi Adex Adeniran

So you killed my father? You killed my bride?" he growled.
"She wasn't even your woman."
Why did everyone feel the need to remind him of that? — Chelsea Fine