Victoria Pendleton Quotes
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
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The 24% unemployment reached at the depths of the Great Depression was no picnic.
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There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.
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Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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Every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character.
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Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
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The only antidote to chaos is peace itself.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.
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Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.
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At a time when the European project is facing challenges, it's especially important to show the benefits of economic integration by continuing to invest in our people and working to reduce inequality, both within and across our countries.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
