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“There is always anxiety before a competition and it was no different for me today. It was only in the third round, with about 40 targets left, that I realised I could match the world record score.”

World Different Today Left Records Anxiety Thirds Competition Rounds Score Target Realised World Records

Author:Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

“My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.”

Left Behinds Leader Horse Killing Rounds Shooting Riding Crowded Brutes Herds Forte

Book:Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography

Source: Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography

“Now the dressing-room full of RSC hierarchy. Suddenly Trevor Nunn pushes his way through and 'Trevs' me. I've heard a lot about this 'Trevving', but never had it done to me. From what I'd heard, a 'Trev' is an arm round your shoulder and a sideways squeeze. But this 'Trev' is a full frontal hug, so complete and so intimate that the dressing-room instantly clears, as if by suction. I'm left alone in the arms of this famous man wondering whether it's polite to let go.”

Ifs Men Way Done Left Rooms Wonder Heard Arms Letting Go Rounds Shoulders Intimate Hug Polite Dressings Hierarchy Left Alone Sideways Dressing Rooms

Author:Antony Sher

“A history of listening to Top 40 radio had left me with a ridiculous and clichéd notion of love. I had never entertained the feeling myself but knew that it meant never having to say you're sorry. It was a many-splendored thing. Love was a rose and a hammer. Both blind and all-seeing, it made the world go round.”

World Love Made Feelings Left Seeing Listening Blind Rose Notion Sorry Rounds Radio Ridiculous Hammers

Author:David Sedaris

“I was just happy the fight was over, I knew my arm was broken in the fight. I definitely wasn't going to quit - I've broken bones before and continued fighting but there was a part of me wondering how I was going to.....what strategy I was going to use, to win this fight with a broken left arm in the second and third rounds”

Use Fighting Winning Left Wonder Broken Arms Thirds Strategy Rounds Bones Quitting Broken Bone

Author:Rich Franklin

“My bitterness is not an abstract substance, it is as solid as a Christmas cake; I can cut it in slices and hand it round and there is still plenty left, for tomorrow.”

Stills I Can Hands Left Cutting Tomorrow Rounds Plenty Substance Abstract Bitterness Cake

Author:Caitlin Thomas

“An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly asked myself.”

Ifs Firsts Hard Winning Left Rounds Impression Boxing Championship Incidents Juniors Calcutta

Author:Vijender Singh

“His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.”

Wells Made Found Left Virtue Talent Masters Eternal Rounds Void Pauses Employed

Book:The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's Life

Source: The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's Life