#or

If there's such a thing as somebody having nine lives, I guess I'm somewhat in that category. ↗

— Ron Rice

#guess #having #i #lives #nine

And I guess the thing that I really sort of rely on in me is that I love racing and I love competing and so I know that you know when the time comes and the pressure's on and I have to swim well, I'm sort of able to pull it out and sort of get the best out of myself. ↗

— Stephanie Rice

#best #comes #competing #get #guess

Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#also #attack #both #breaking #comprises

I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable. ↗

— Stephanie Rice

#been #best #comfortable #done #downs

Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world. ↗

— Susan Rice

#change #home #hungry #our #relations

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world. ↗

— Susan Rice

#our #respected #security #states #trusted

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#feeling #glorious #pride #tricky

For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was to work towards disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, is something that manifestly serves our national security interests. ↗

— Susan Rice

#elimination #eventual #interests #itself #manifestly

Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work. ↗

— Susan Rice

#concept #flawed #fundamentally #funding #legislation

My kids have been incredibly supportive of the work that I do. They understand why it matters. ↗

— Susan Rice

#i #i do #incredibly #kids #matters