Abby Wambach Quotes
Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
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The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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For comedians, we're all kind of tweeting our thoughts instead of spending time developing them. You can gauge how good a joke might be by how many times it gets retweeted, but it takes discipline to go back through the tweets and then develop jokes from them.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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I like things simple.
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Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format.
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When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.
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Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
