Jessica Scorpio Quotes
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
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The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.
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It's not like my old self – I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
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It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.
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Oh my God, I sweat so much! You have to keep deodorant in your purse and use those deodorising wipes that cool you off a bit.
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I don't like to come to tournaments, like, one week before, because I just need, like, a few days, and then I'm ready to go for it.
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The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being.
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Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
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The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.
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Even though my work life is very intense, I make a conscious effort to be healthy.
