Stephanie Perkins Quotes
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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Winners do what losers don't want to do.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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There are so many Muslim women that feel like they don't fit society's standard of beauty. I just wanted to tell them it's OK to be different; being different is beautiful, too.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I was a groupie for a year and followed a band. I dated the drummer of the band.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
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I don't know that a lot of boys read 'Rookie', but we get quite a few nice comments and e-mails from them. To say I'm devoted to making it girls-only is a little extreme, because I don't actively try to exclude everyone else, just make sure girls know that this space is for them first and foremost.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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When I was young, I wasn't disciplined at all.
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One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that.
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I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.
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I was an arrogant man. I not only thought I could manage my life without help, I wanted it that way. I had best-selling books and a TV show and movie contracts; I felt invincible, secure in the thought that everything was my doing. And then, like all arrogant men, I came to stumble.
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There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.
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Life isn't about what you get, it's about what you DO with what you get.
