Laura Trott Quotes
For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.
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I've never read any of the '50 Shades of Grey' books because the Internet pre-educated me about the 'my inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves' material.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.
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In literature, older women are not often given center stage.
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Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.
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For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
