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I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.
— Alan Furst
Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.
— Roger Bannister
Just because they say it's impossible doesn't mean you can't do it.
— Roger Bannister
If I faltered, there would be no arms to hold me and the world would be a cold and forbidding place.
— Roger Bannister
The past is gone and what is ahead is still to be felt.
— Nonna Bannister
I hold my plush monkey over the bannister and let it drop. Its eyes light up when you squeeze its kidneys as whose eyes, I suppose, would not.
— Frederick Buechner
No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.
— Star Jones
It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.
— Roger Bannister
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
— Roger Bannister
Ray Bannister started to build the guillotine the day Jerry Renault returned to Monument.
— Robert Cormier
That's the funny thing about life...you don't know you're missing something. Then when you get it, you don't know what you'd do without it.
— D.K. Hamilton
Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships.
— Wanda Urbanska
Never give up hope, and look for the rainbows and happiness!
— Nonna Bannister
I couldn't touch my toes with straight legs, but I could break 4 minutes for the mile.
— Roger Bannister
I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.
— Roger Bannister
The man who goes on, even when it's the hardest to be the winner.
— Roger Bannister
The mile has all the elements of a drama.
— Roger Bannister
Lloyd did what he achieved with that shot.
— Jack Bannister
Dead people will not rest unless they can tell one last story.
— Tammi Browne-Bannister
I am an American, but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English. My mother is Norwegian.
— Siri Hustvedt
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
— Georges Duhamel
Athletics is a luxury.
— Roger Bannister
If Patti Lupone was born to play Evita then Madonna was born to play Patti Lupone playing Evita.
— Buck Bannister
Our concept of a family holiday was going to a guest house in the Lake district or Wales where walking was part of the holiday.
— Roger Bannister
My mother's eyes were like cold stars. She belonged in a different sky.
— Jeanette Winterson
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.
— Roger Bannister
Beating John Landy was my defining race.
— Roger Bannister
It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ.
— Roger Bannister
My twin in the show is Molly Stanton who is so sweet and great and she is totally different from me.
— Sara Gilbert