Kerri Strug Quotes
Unless you're Mary Lou Retton, in the right place at the right time with the right personality, you're not going to be on a Wheaties box and have all these endorsements.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.
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When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
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I'm not opposed to comics on the Internet. It's just not interesting to me.
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Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.
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Music is something that takes you to a world which is very different from the world of hatred,jealousy, and all those negative emotions
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I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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My ideal evening is to have dinner with one person or a few persons, and then be in bed by 11.
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Unless you're Mary Lou Retton, in the right place at the right time with the right personality, you're not going to be on a Wheaties box and have all these endorsements.
