Aly Raisman Quotes
I don't see myself coaching gymnastics. I see myself involved in the sport in the future but involved in other things as well.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.
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I don't like controversy.
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When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.
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It's not enough to just mildly want what you want. You must wildly want what you want. Nobody ever got their greatest wishes by being wishy-washy. You need to put extreme energy into your power of intention to win what you wanna win.
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When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable - nor contrary to the teachings of Islam - to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them... namely, their face.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones.
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I feel like I'm a confident dude, so I feel like I can get away with wearing something bold.
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When I look back, I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity; it just happened - I did more than I expected, of course.
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I don't see myself coaching gymnastics. I see myself involved in the sport in the future but involved in other things as well.
