Chris Cleave Quotes
I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.
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I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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I've always danced. I've always been around it.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.
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The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since.
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Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg are men at the top of their game, and Jackson especially is going to change the nature of film-making.
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The week ahead is already programmed for fabulousness. Pray that your thinking be aligned with the force that makes it so.
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I remember teaching a clinic to other coaches, and a guy raised his hand and asked if I had any advice when it came to coaching women. I leveled him with a death-ray stare, and said, 'Go home and coach basketball.'
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Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.
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I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.
