McKayla Maroney Quotes
Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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Black glutinous rice works in both savoury and sweet dishes. It's a popular pudding rice in south-east Asia, where you'll often come across it cooked with water, coconut milk and a pandan leaf.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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Israeli teachers are not required to hold an academic degree, and their salaries are the lowest in the Western world.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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I called Daley Thompson after the Games of '84, when he won. He'd had this phenomenal decathlon for nine events - and then he went out there and jogged the 1,500 meters and missed the world record by, like, three points.
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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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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.
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By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that's just cluttered with spam, fake, digital friends, partisan media, ingenious identity thieves, world-class Ponzi schemers - a deception epidemic.
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I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.
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Les hommes qui se sont occupés du bonheur des peuples ont rendu leurs proches bien malheureux.
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Evanescence fans aren't the popular kids in school. They aren't the cheerleaders. It's the art kids and the nerds and the kids who grow up to be the most interesting creative people.
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We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.
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from CD Now (September 1999) with Jason Gross
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I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.
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Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.
