Dominique Dawes Quotes
I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.
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I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.
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Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.
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When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him.
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I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Michael Johnson, so I'd say they are my favourites.
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I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.
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I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.
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I get so full off of stories that people send in of encouragement.
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As you go along, you literally collect places. I'm fed up with going to places; I shan't go to anymore.
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I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.
