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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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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A little of the sketch character Pootie Tang went a long way on HBO's now late, probably soon to be lamented 'Chris Rock Show.' So it's surprising how much fun the character's film debut, 'Pootie Tang,' is.
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I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.
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I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.
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There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian.
