Gabby Douglas Quotes
My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I was pretty taken with Patti Smith, she was my heroine.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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When I was young, I had an 'aha' moment in church. There was a thing called testimony service, and somebody would sing a song, and everyone else would join in, finding a note where they fit. During one of those, a light went on in my head. In that moment, I heard everything - Parliament, the Staple Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Prince - in there.
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Putting your well-being first - like putting your oxygen mask on before you help the person next to you - that really benefits all your relationships.
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I've been fighting for my life before and sleeping in cars and trying to find a place to lay my head. I've had situations where I've had nowhere to go. This is the easy part. I overcame life.
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To me, writing is prayer. I pray all the time.
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If I grew up, you know, in the ghetto, like, and I wasn't taught any other way to talk or a way to act or other food to eat or just like anything like that, like, when I'm I supposed to do? You know, like, is there a class I'm supposed to take to learn how to be white, you know?
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My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.
