Quotes about beating
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Roger Federer photo

“I never can beat Roger, he’s too much for me… but the Senior Tour, I will beat him then! He’s the best of history and I’m very lucky to play the best player of the world.”

Roger Federer (1981) Swiss tennis player

David Ferrer, after losing to Federer in the 2014 Cincinnati Masters final. http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2014/08/cincinnati-masters-fearsome-federer-cuts-down-ferrer-again-for-80th-title/

Roger Federer photo

“The best way to beat him would be to hit him over the head with a racquet. Roger could win the Grand Slam if he keeps playing the way he is and, if he does that, it will equate to the two Grand Slams that I won because standards are much higher these days.”

Roger Federer (1981) Swiss tennis player

Rod Laver, speaking ahead of the 2007 Australian Open final against Fernando Gonzalez. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6306913.stm

Roger Federer photo

“He hits shots that other guys don’t hit. You want to go over and give him a high five sometimes, but you can’t do that. You want to beat him but he’s fun to watch, too.”

Roger Federer (1981) Swiss tennis player

Sam Querrey was in awe after Federer flashed his racquet between his legs to lob him at Wimbledon 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/02/roger-federer-sam-querrey-wimbledon-2015

Julio Iglesias photo

“I still have the passion in my heart. If I don’t sing, my heart doesn’t beat so strong...”

Julio Iglesias (1943) Spanish recording artist; singer-songwriter

On singing in "Julio Iglesias says 50-year singing career is 'a miracle'" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-julio-iglesias/julio-iglesias-says-50-year-singing-career-is-a-miracle-idUSKCN1T60WU in Reuters (2019 Jun 5)

Helen Keller photo

“Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. Once I knew only darkness and stillness. Now I know hope and joy. Once I fretted and beat myself against the wall that shut me in. Now I rejoice in the consciousness that I can think, act and attain heaven. My life was without past or future; death, the pessimist would say, "a consummation devoutly to be wished."”

But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. Night fled before the day of thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a passion of obedience to knowledge. Can anyone who has escaped such captivity, who has felt the thrill and glory of freedom, be a pessimist?
Optimism (1903)

Winnie Byanyima photo

“Feminism, human rights and zero discrimination are values deeply rooted across the world: they express our humanity, our recognition that I am because you are. And they are central to the struggle to beat AIDS. Let us beat AIDS. It can be done.”

Winnie Byanyima (1959) Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat

Press statement on the Zero Discrimination Day, Message from the UNAIDS Executive Director on Zero Discrimination Day and International Women’s Day https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/march/2020-zdd-exd-message, UNAIDS

“Few things are more important to Pyongyang than its propaganda apparatus. Even when the rest of the nation came to a standstill in the mid-1990s, it never missed a beat.”

Brian Reynolds Myers (1963) American professor of international studies

2000s, Stranger Than Fiction (February 2005)

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Clifford D. Simak photo
Ounsi el-Hajj photo
Donald J. Trump photo

“One of my people came up to me and said, “Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.””

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. But we did something that’s been pretty amazing. We have 15 people in this massive country and because of the fact that we went early. We went early, we could have had a lot more than that. We’re doing great. Our country is doing so great. We are so unified. We are so unified. The Republican party has never ever been unified like it is now. There has never been a movement in the history of our country like we have now. Never been a movement. So a statistic that we want to talk about, go ahead. Say USA. It’s okay. USA. So a number that nobody heard of, that I heard of recently and I was shocked to hear it, 35,000 people on average die each year from the flu. Did anyone know that? 35,000, that’s a lot of people. It could go to 100,000, it could be 27,000. They say usually a minimum of 27, goes up to 100,000 people a year die. And so far we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the United States. Nobody. And it doesn’t mean we won’t and we are totally prepared. It doesn’t mean we won’t, but think of it. You hear 35 and 40,000 people and we’ve lost nobody and you wonder the press is in hysteria mode. CNN fake news and the camera just went off, the camera. The camera just went off. Turn it back on. Hey, by the way, hold it. Look at this, and honestly, all events are like this. It’s about us. It’s all about us. I wish they’d take the camera, show the arena please. They never do. They never do. They never do it. They never show the arena. You can hear it because when you hear it, that’s not 200 people. That’s not a hundred people. That’s thousands and thousands of people including people outside. You can hear it. They always show my face. See that face? They show my face. I want them to show the arena, not my face, right? [...] While the extreme left has been wasting America’s time with these vile hoaxes, we’ve been killing terrorists, creating jobs, raising wages, enacting fair trade deals, securing our border, and lifting up citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed. We added another 225,000 jobs last month alone. And that makes seven million jobs since our election, seven million. The unemployment rate in the great state of South Carolina. You ever hear of that place?
2020s, 2020, February, Donald Trump Charleston, South Carolina Rally (February 28, 2020)

Morgan Mitchell photo
Dotsie Bausch photo

“Mine is a message of hope. As I said, as I was surrounded by a loving family, cherished by all of them, one thing was clear – if your heart has a reason to keep beating, it will. My hope is that stories like mine can inspire more potential donors.”

Sudhir Choudhrie (1949) Indian businessman

"Heart to heart: Sudhir Choudrie discusses life after a transplant" https://www.easterneye.biz/heart-heart-sudhir-choudrie-discusses-life-transplant/, EasternEye (February 8, 2017)

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Nalo Hopkinson photo
Jack Kerouac photo
Jack Kirby photo
Joe Biden photo

“That’s how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we’re talking about defunding the police. We’re not. We’re talking about holding them accountable. We’re talking about giving them money to do the right things. We’re talking about putting more psychologists and psychiatrists on the telephones when the 911 calls through. We’re talking about spending money to enable them to do their jobs better, not with more force, with less force and more understanding.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

2020, December
Source: Biden on a call with Civil Rights leaders. ( December 10, 2020 https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/).

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/12/23/biden-did-not-say-country-doomed-because-african-americans/4034937001/ Fact check: Biden's 'country is doomed' quote is being taken out of context on social media

Phoebe Robinson photo

“…We carry ourselves different — maybe we tell our jokes in a different way or a different style — and we were beating ourselves up in allowing that patriarchal energy to affect our self-esteem. And then I was like, "Yeah, I'm good at this job."”

Phoebe Robinson (1984) American comedian

On how female comedians might initially doubt themselves in “Phoebe Robinson: There's No Excuse For The Lack Of Diversity In Comedy” https://www.npr.org/2018/10/15/657459180/comic-phoebe-robinson-theres-no-excuse-for-hollywoods-lack-of-diversity in NPR (2018 Oct 15)

Victoria Wood photo

“Not bleakly,
Not meekly
Beat me on the bottom with the Woman's Weekly
Let's do it, let's do it tonight!
- The Ballad of Barry and Freda”

Victoria Wood (1953–2016) British comedian

Let's Do It
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNU5KVa_Tu8

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“Music is the beating that puts hearts in harmony.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) La musica è il battito che mette i cuori in armonia.
Source: prevale.net

Leo Tolstoy photo
Greg McKeown (author) photo
Ron English photo

“The human heart beats itself to death.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)

Arden Cho photo

“I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it.”

Arden Cho (1985) Korean-American actress and singer

As quoted in "‘I’ve Been Called A Chink and a Gook’ – Arden Cho Opens Up About Racism" in Resonate (9 August 2017) https://www.weareresonate.com/2017/08/ive-called-chink-gook-arden-cho-opens-racism/

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Prevale photo

“You are the main motive that fuels beat of my heart.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

From the Quotes http://www.prevale.net/quotes.html page of the official website of Prevale
Original: (it) ​Sei il motivo principale che alimenta il battito del mio cuore.
Source: prevale.net

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“The sound of your voice animates the beating of my heart.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Il suono della tua voce anima il battito del mio cuore.
Source: prevale.net

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“There are people who can get your heart beating through a simple message, it means to love.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Esistono persone in grado di farti arrivare il battito del loro cuore tramite un semplice messaggio, significa amare.
Source: prevale.net

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“I wrote pages of music that tell the story. Life of rhythm, friendship, love, fun and pure emotion. Pages to live and let live again, in all the hearts that beat at dance time.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Ho scritto pagine di musica che narrano storia. Vita di ritmo, amicizia, amore, divertimento ed emozione allo stato puro. Pagine da vivere e far vivere ancora, in tutti i cuori che battono a tempo di dance.
Source: prevale.net

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“I would like every day to feel the scent of your skin, like the taste of your kiss, admire your sensuality, perceive your sweetness, listen to the beating of your heart, understand the depth of your soul, rejoice with your smile, have fun with your liking and be able to fully live your harmony.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Vorrei ogni giorno poter sentire il profumo della tua pelle, gradire il sapore di un tuo bacio, ammirare la tua sensualità, percepire la tua dolcezza, ascoltare il battito del tuo cuore, comprendere la profondità della tua anima, gioire con il tuo sorriso, divertirmi con la tua simpatia e poter vivere appieno la tua armonia.
Source: prevale.net

“The rhythm of music, akin to the human heart-beat and to the ceaseless change and motion, which is the basic fact in all life, apeals at once to our own physical vitality.”

Walter Raymond Spalding (1865–1962) American music pedagogue and author

Page 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=pQARAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3.
Music: An Art and a Language (1920), Preliminary Considerations (Ch. I)

Émile Banning photo

“A people needs air, broad horizons, an ideal which charms its imagination and makes its heart beat; reduce it to household calculations, to the politics of party interests, it will disintegrate and corrupt itself.”

Émile Banning (1836–1898) academic, civil servant

Source: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), Emile Banning (1836-1898): The Don Quichotte of the ‘liberal civilization’ in Congo, A romantic associate of Leopold II. http://www.ethesis.net/leopold_II/leopold_II.htm#_ftn194 CROKAERT, P. Brialmont, 23.

“If a man wants to marry me now, it should be more convenient when he just wants to beat me.”

Yang Li (1992) Chinese stand-up comedian

Original: 杨笠和她的15个男人:想嫁给爱情,优秀就够了吗?
Source: https://www.sohu.com/a/497125567_486995 (25 October 2021)

“Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them.”

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

Charles Manson photo
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“A good big man will always beat a small little punk.”

Bobby Heenan (1944–2017) American professional wrestler, professional wrestling commentator and manager

Source: World Wrestling Federation (1984-1993), Survivor Series (1993)

“For me it's important to make great dance songs, growing up as a dancer. You know, not only just getting lost in the beat but getting lost in the lyrics whether it’s about having a great time or having lyrics with more of a purposeful meaning.”

Victoria Duffield (1995) Canadian actor, singer and dancer

Source: Interview with Victoria Duffield http://www.liveinlimbo.com/2011/09/24/interviews/888-interview-victoria-duffield.html (24 September 2011)

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell photo

“[H]is heart always beat for the honour of England.”

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878) leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on two occasions

Source: Speaking of Viscount Palmerston at the Guildhall, London, 9 November 1865, as reported in The Times, 10 November 1865, p. 7

Xiomara Castro photo

“What would you do if people came into your house and beat you and beat your family, and then this aggressor wanted to sit down with you and say, “OK, be nice, and stay out of the country?””

Xiomara Castro (1959) First Lady of Honduras

Imagine, they have violated President Zelaya's’s rights. They have invented accusations of crimes against him, when they never presented any order of arrest. They took him out, tied up, transferred him to another country, and now they sit him down to negotiate with the criminals.
Quoted in “A Moment of Hope”: Xiomara Castro’s Likely Win in Honduran Election Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/30/xiomara_castro_first_woman_president_honduras, Democracy Now!, November 30, 2021 (Speaking in 2009 on the Honduran-Nicaraguan border after the coup against Manuel Zelaya)

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Prevale photo

“Each kiss has its own touch, its own style and its own flavor, but only and always a kiss will make your heart beat.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Ogni bacio ha il suo tocco, il suo stile e il suo sapore, ma solo e sempre un bacio ti farà battere il cuore.
Source: prevale.net

Eminem photo

“I rock a beat harder than you could beat it with rocks”

Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor

"313"
1990s, Infinite (1996)

Eminem photo
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Ron English photo

“A full house beats one of a kind.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

Swami Sivananda photo
Joe Biden photo

“[S]ome of last month’s job growth is a result of the December relief package. But without a rescue plan, these gains are going to slow. We can’t afford one step forward and two steps backwards. We need to beat the virus, provide essential relief, and build an inclusive recovery.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

2021, March 2021, Remarks by President Biden Before Economic Briefing with Treasury Secretary Yellen

David Attenborough photo
Kim Stanley Robinson photo
Harry Dean Stanton photo

“I’m a late bloomer. It’s just a matter of how you evolve; of what your pace is. Hopefully, the older you get the more you grow. So, that has been my speed, the beat of my drum. I march to the beat of a different drum … you’ll pardon me for using this expression.”

Harry Dean Stanton (1926–2017) American actor, musician, and singer

Actor Harry Dean Stanton Dies at 91", by Patrick Mcdonald, HollywoodChicago.com (16 September 2017) https://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/27911/film-news-character-actor-harry-dean-stanton-dies-at-91"Character

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“It's difficult, very difficult to find someone who knows how to love. Someone who knows how to listen to the beating of his heart.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: È difficile, molto difficile trovare qualcuno che sappia amare. Qualcuno che sappia ascoltare il battito del suo cuore.
Source: prevale.net

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“Share your life with a special person, who knows how to love, choose and fight, with true and sincere values. A person who at the mere thought of him, makes your heart beat… simply: your love.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Condividete la vostra vita con una persona speciale, che sappia amare, scegliere e lottare, con dei valori veri e sinceri. Una persona che al solo suo pensiero, vi faccia battere il cuore... semplicemente: il vostro amore.
Source: prevale.net

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“Should you meet a special person in life who believes in true love, in respect and in everything that makes the heart beat: cherish her; people like these are simply more unique than rare. Difficult to meet.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Se nella vita doveste incontrare una persona speciale che creda nel vero amore, nel rispetto e in tutto ciò che faccia battere il cuore: abbiate cura di lei; persone così sono semplicemente più uniche che rare. Difficili da incontrare.
Source: prevale.net