Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.
Quotes to Explore
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I like being unconventional.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.
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I don't have many friends.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.
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I think that becoming a successful rock band is a little like becoming a professional athlete. Nobody plans on it.
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That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else.
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Other than the obvious, like Cher and Diana Ross, I actually find a lot of inspiration from time periods. So it's not necessarily people, it's the essence of the time period, whether it be the '90s or the '70s or the '40s. The specific time and what vibe it gave you, what the emotion of that time was, and trying to get that emotion again.
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I'm a huge fan of the '70s. I'm obsessed with the music of that time.
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Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right.
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There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.
