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We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries. We're getting 80,000 new users each day. And more than half a million people are connected via Skype at any given moment. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#any #connected #countries #day #each

May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your running uneven. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#because #cannot #early #fast #makes

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#runway #society #something #symbolizes #very

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#effort #further #gets #himself #man

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#also #any #appeared #came #great

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #biological #birth #cannot #eighteen

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#aggression #aspect #behavior #difficult #had

It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#another #available #energy #evenly #fast

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#challenge #cup #england #everyone #go

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#come #england #expectation #fairly #had