Nancy Greene Quotes
Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
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Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.
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The Tambors were conservative Jews, and we attended Temple Beth Shalom at 14th Avenue and Clement Street in San Francisco. We were the only Jewish family for miles. To me, being Jewish meant 'otherness.'
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I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
