Gail Devers Quotes
We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.Gail Devers
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.
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'Joy' to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I've had throughout the first record and kind of having some time and a hiatus. It's just like all of those experiences that I had during that period - that growing up period.
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I guess the more serious you play something, if the context is funny, then it will be funny and it doesn't really require you to be necessarily, explicitly humorous, or silly.
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I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.
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You don't say "Maybe I should go to bed early tonight" or do any of that stuff. It's almost like you know you're alone and you have to get through it by whatever means - distracting yourself. Because, the more alone time the worse, you know?
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We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.
Gail Devers
