Paula Radcliffe Quotes
I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are now. Facebook is next step of creating a huge human brain to embrace hundreds of million, possibly billions of people.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.
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It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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I'm an emotional person.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
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You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
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When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.
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It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.
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What was interesting to me was how they actually went to 9/11 and they chose that as part of his back story that we can unravel because it's something that people have shied away from for very obvious reasons. The opportunity to deal with some of that aftermath and the sensitivity, we can use that, and it will be a really neat thing.
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I've been to three Olympics and I don't feel I've ever quite achieved my best at any of them.
