Victoria Pendleton Quotes
People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I don't remake any movie, whether old or of other language.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.
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I'm from a very small village in the middle of nowhere, four hours by airplane from Moscow. Yemanzhelinsk - you wouldn't find it on the map. Don't even try it. It's super, super tiny.
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All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind.
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A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.
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It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.
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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.
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Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.
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There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.
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I like to just work with great directors.
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I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me.
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People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
