Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.

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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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IBM, Microsoft, the profit they made was larger than the top four banks in China put together... But where did the money go?
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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You gotta live life before you can talk about it. Sometimes when things don't work out in life, they work out on stage.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my jacket in a cab. And I'll forget things every time I leave the house.
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Singapura means lion-city; prehistoric, myopic, Sanskrit-speaking visitors having spotted a mangy tiger or two in the mangroves. Sly Malays sometimes call it Singa pura-pura, which means ‘pretending to be a lion’….It is a profoundly provincial town pretending to be a metropolis.
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Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.
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We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law. And we must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the frequency with which they use them.
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Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.