Bonnie Blair Quotes
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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I would wear entirely one color: tutus, furry pants. It was totally outrageous. My family was deeply embarrassed to be seen with me.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.
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I've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world.
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I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College freshmen to find out who Goethe was - that's it.
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My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.
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Networking is working.
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Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.
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All things flow, nothing abides.
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In 'The Serpent's Egg,' I created a Berlin which no one recognized, not even I.
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I feel really good in the teacher role.
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I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.
