Dorothy Hamill Quotes

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

Dorothy Hamill

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• One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • American
  • Alone
  • Dark

• I would like to direct.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Like
  • Would
  • Direct

• I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Love
  • Around
  • Days

• I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
  • Years
  • Go
  • University

• I am not in the business of suppressing books.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Business
  • Books
  • Suppressing

• It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

  

  Natalia Makarova
  • Life
  • Hard
  • Again

• I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Work
  • Money
  • Looking

• I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Painting
  • New York
  • Paris

• Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

  

  Irving Berlin
  • Life
  • Side
  • East

• Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.

  

  Laura Bush
  • Men
  • Women
  • Country

• But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.

  

  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Challenge
  • Acting
  • Loved

• We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.

  

  Mahmoud Abbas
  • Today
  • Beginning
  • Violence

• It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • People
  • Military
  • Relate

• My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • People
  • Time
  • Family

• I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Human
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.

  

  Hans Vestberg
  • World
  • May
  • End

• Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Women
  • High
  • Fashion

• There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Life
  • Black
  • Black-and-white

• Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Life
  • Time
  • Help

• For a lot of geeks, gaming is all about stripping who you are completely and entering this imaginary space, this world that's made for you, where winning and losing have nothing to do with real life.

  

  Arthur Chu
  • Life
  • Real
  • Winning

• Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.

  

  Samuel Gompers
  • Time
  • Men
  • Women

• Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Perfect
  • Sports
  • Strength

• You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

  

  Dorothy Hamill
  • Life