Laurie Hernandez Quotes
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
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I'm proud to be part of the resistance.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
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I'm a big fan of Samantha Bee's.
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When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put it into your music - it'll make you stronger.
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Was it possible? She had taken me with her hoping that as a punishment my parents would not send me to middle school? Or had she brought me back in such a hurry so that I would avoid punishment? Or - I wonder today - did she want at different moments both things?
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One's life, from being an exterior thing, grows inwards. Its intensity stays the same; and, d'you know, it's most mysterious, the corners in which the joy of living can sometimes hide away.
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I would love to set foot on another planet - lunar or Mars or somewhere.
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One night love affair, pretending we don't care, and now we're left with nothing.
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Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing.
