Caster Semenya Quotes
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.
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I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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My parents were atheists, strong atheists. I never got the answer 'God.'
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Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.
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Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
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Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
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I'm influenced by all types of music.
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I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.
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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
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I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number in. That's when I realized that since the age of 10 I've been using 2012 as my pin number. But now that I've won gold in the 2012 Olympics, I've achieved that goal and, for the first time in 14 years, I'll have to change my pin.
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You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
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We just compare our lifestyle to movies so you can relate to them. When I say, 'I bought a carpet from Aladdin so I could finesse and do magic,' that means I had to get me a new whip or I had to get me something in disguise to work my magic, to finesse, to get out of here.
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The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.
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If I'm at my best, I feel I must win gold all the time.
