Nastia Liukin Quotes
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to show them that we were, in fact, actually doing comedy.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Shun all vice, especially card playing.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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If something's not right, I don't believe in maintaining something for the sake of what's considered a traditional family, because I believe that there are different ways to raise children. It's far more effective to raise children in happy homes.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off.
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I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
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Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.
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The U.S. has a proud history of cleaning up our air through technological innovation. We did it with leaded gas, acid rain and countless other pollutants, and we can do it with carbon pollution, too.
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When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
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I wanted to deal with light directly rather than with paint.
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I don't believe for a minute that women really want to be understood by men.
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For dance recitals, my mom would do my makeup all extravagant because obviously I was really little and where else would I be wearing makeup? We would always be in her bathroom before the dance recital, and she'd do our hair and makeup.
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I've missed being able to flip in the air, flip on the beam and swing on the bars.
