Rafael Nadal Quotes
I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force.
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When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.
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I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don't make enough money.
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We want you to find that thing that will make your life better.
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Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job.
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
