Yelena Isinbayeva Quotes
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Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students.
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My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.
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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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Every sport has its own cast of characters.
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I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was always the class and privilege aspect of that world that I was most drawn to. There is something endlessly fascinating about imagining something you could never be involved in.
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When I grew up, my house contained only two books: the Bible and the 'Edmonds' cookbook. We were a working-class household. Books were a poor second to the television, which was always on, usually with me in front of it.
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Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
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There are calm Korean players and not calm. There are calm Western players.
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It was my first competition of the year, so I did feel some pressure.
