Lauren Gibbs Quotes
I've always loved public speaking, and that's something I definitely will pursue after the Olympics.
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No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
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Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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I think a lot of people are with the one they're meant to be with. I see it watching my parents because they've been together for so long and are still very much in love. I'm just sort of in awe of that.
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I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
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Obama's presence opened a new field for writers, and what began as curiosity about the man himself eventually expanded into curiosity about the community he had so consciously made his home and all the old, fitfully slumbering questions he'd awakened about American identity.
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Most attractive males talk to most attractive women as if they were Rotarians comparing sales percentages in Des Moines.
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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'
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Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played.
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I'm mad for satin.
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I have always considered it a beautiful metaphor that Cervantes had no fixed address in Spain. He is thus everywhere and nowhere. There are a number of sites connected with his life, but none attract hordes of travellers the way Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in London draw Shakespeare aficionados.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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I spend most of my time at the ranch with my family, and enjoy life - watch the sun come up, watch it go down, thank God for another day, and just be happy.
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This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To me it's pure stupidity. But having some peace with yourself, that's quite a relief.
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We must always attempt to lift as we climb
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I've always loved public speaking, and that's something I definitely will pursue after the Olympics.
