Lee Pearson Quotes
The Paralympic Games actually turned my whole mentality around about disability. When you're in the Paralympic athletes' village and there are 4,000 disabled people, you stop seeing disability. Totally.
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I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photo-shoots.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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My stepmom is one of the leading researchers on lupus in the world.
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Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
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You've got to know what you put in your body. That's it.
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People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.
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The Paralympic Games actually turned my whole mentality around about disability. When you're in the Paralympic athletes' village and there are 4,000 disabled people, you stop seeing disability. Totally.
