No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. – Booker T. Washington
When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression. – Bill Bryson
Since I became a favorite in every race, it’s just another burden that I have to bear. – Blanka Vlasic
I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn’t. – Claudia Rankine
My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. – Arthur Ashe
No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany. – Charles Lindbergh
Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive. – Alphonse de Lamartine
If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited. – Carly Fiorina
In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there’s a presidential race or governor’s race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year. – Baron Hill
The arts are the one thing that appeal right across all forms of politics, race, creed – everything. – Andrew Lloyd Webber
We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race. – Edna St. Vincent Millay
People are going to get older and young guys are going to come in and race and get more competitive. – Dale Earnhardt
I can say when it comes to championships it’s a tactical race and normally you don’t have a pacesetter who can set a pace for fast times. That is why you see that obviously we fall around 1:43 because that is the most favorable one can run from the front. – David Rudisha
When I’m not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I’m kind of a maniac. I race everybody. – Dan Hill
The world is constantly in a race to the top, in terms of there’s a limited amount of capital and you’ve got to figure where it’s going. And if your currency is weakening, that means you’re paying a load. – David Malpass
The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. – Edward Thorndike
In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it’s me and I’m coming back in the next race. I’m always ready for the next race. – Donovan Bailey
The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together. – Gloria Steinem
I’m supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race. – Mary Docter