Mary Lou Retton Quotes
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout.
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It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
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Readers want to have the confidence that you understand the era in which the book is set, so for 'The Perfumer's Secret,' I needed to know everything about the First World War from a French perspective. I had to understand those people and that town in 1914.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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My autobiography is a digressive illustration and exemplification of what race has meant in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?
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It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.
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In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.
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Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.
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The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.
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It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen that easily. It just doesn't. And so I don't act up in public and I don't do anything weird - because my sisters are watching me, not because the world is watching me.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.
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I didn’t really believe I had 'tiger blood' or 'Adonis DNA.' These were just jokes.
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I don't much like Singapore. It's very big, very modern and very urbanised. As a rule, I prefer older places where you get a sense of the history.
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When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.
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Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.
