Oksana Chusovitina Quotes
When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I went to a couple of Rangers games at the Garden, and someone at the NHL had seen me and figured I was a fan and decided to approach me about having a blog during the playoffs.
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I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.
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I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.
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Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.
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I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
Gail Devers -
The people really are what make New York City great.
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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.
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When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.
