Katarina Johnson-Thompson Quotes
Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
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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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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself.
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air.
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Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.
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I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in human history was the birth of artistic imagination. I always loved those cave paintings.
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There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.
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Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.
