Dara Torres Quotes
I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you get a handle on who you are. Even at age 41, I still hate losing--I'm just more gracious about it. I'm also aware that setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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I have no animus toward digital, though I still pretty much take everything on a silver-based negative, either a wet plate or just regular silver 8x10. But I've started messing a little bit with scanning the negative and then reworking it just slightly.
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Actually, the camera was never overhead at any time. It was always a side view of me. Subsequently, after the picture was released, I saw some scenes from above and my clothes being pulled-and I think that was added later.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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Some of the pictures in 'The Human Face of Big Data' will bring tears to your eyes; others are so surprising or memorable that you just have to show them to your friends and family.
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I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.
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I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.
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I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.
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I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you get a handle on who you are. Even at age 41, I still hate losing--I'm just more gracious about it. I'm also aware that setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams.
