Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
Nate Parker -
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Mahatma Gandhi -
To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
Yaya Toure -
Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
Gary Paulsen -
Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
Jack Welch -
We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
Damian Lewis
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
Zig Ziglar -
Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
Kate Millett -
It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
Nancy Sinatra -
Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
E. O. Wilson -
Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
Dana Brunetti -
Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
Nathaniel Branden
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
Adam Brody -
I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
Sam Phillips -
I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
Hanif Kureishi -
The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
Harold B. Lee -
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
Irving Babbitt
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When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
Abu Bakr -
In my opinion, the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force.
Bobby Fischer -
Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!
Pythagoras -
Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes.
Honore de Balzac -
I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
Nancy Lublin -
The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee