Gabby Douglas Quotes
I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.
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I am tone deaf.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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Weezer's 'El Scorcho.' I'm in a '90s cover band called 'Straight 2 Video' with members of the crew from 'The Vampire Diaries,' and we played this song at our wrap party. I grin from ear to ear every time I scream this song in my car.
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.
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In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.
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We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.
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I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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I definitely see a correlation between how many things a company gets right and how fast a company grows.
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I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.
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I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.
