Victoria Pendleton Quotes
You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
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For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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I definitely have family on the brain.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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I think, at the end of the day, Stockhouse will have free services supported by advertising, but we'll also have a number of subscription services.
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I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.
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Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.
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I don't really create things externally; I'm not that kind of actor.
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You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.
