#victory

I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

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It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#alleged #children #fled #france #franco

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#cheat #even #must #victory #world

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#argument #discussion #progress #should #victory

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory. ↗

— Mickey Kaus

#anger #been #candidate #failed #i

There is no one magic move or secret that creates victory, but lots of little items that when added together can make you victorious. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#creates #items #little #lots #magic

If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#condition #enemy #gone #halfway #know

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there. ↗

— Mark Webber

#been #formula #good #i #last

The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#complete #fraud #intimidation #man #murder

They had gathered at Eastcheap to wait. At this time of day, the marketplace ought to have been thronged with people looking for bargains, moving from stall to stall, examining the fresh fish, choosing the plumpest hens, buying candles and pepper and needles. The stalls were open, but the fishmongers and cordwainers and butchers were doing no business, despite the growing crowd. The sun was hot, flies were thick, and the odors pungent; no one complained, though. They talked and gossiped among themselves, strangers soon becoming friends, for the normally fractious and outspoken Londoners had forgotten their differences, at least for a day, united in a common purpose and determined to revel in their triumph, for they were pragmatic enough to understand this might be their only one. Now they joked and swapped rumors and waited with uncommon patience, and at last they heard a cry, swiftly picked up and echoed across the marketplace: “She is coming! ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#business