#win

I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#band #bands #day #fancied #growing

For ultimately, the only way to win wars, is to prevent them occurring in the first place. ↗

— Owen Arthur

#occurring #only #place #prevent #them

Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#always #behind #chance #change #change things

You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#award #award shows #be true #cliche #deserving

I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there's a team out there looking for that. ↗

— Jason Babin

#i #imagine #like #looking #out

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became. ↗

— Douglas Bader

#danger #desperate #fear #had #how

I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#acceptance #also #avoidance #child #family

One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later. ↗

— Christian Bale

#alone #back #big #eleven #enjoy

A winner never stops trying. ↗

— Tom Landry

#stops #trying #winner

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#cold #cold war #commanded #crushing #curtain