Aly Raisman Quotes
Sometimes I want to be a normal kid and go to the beach, but it's so motivating to think about going to the Olympics again. I'll only be 22 years old after Rio, and I can do whatever I want.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.
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So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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I've always been a sharing person.
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I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.
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I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way.
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Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
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I love insects. They are amazing.
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Sometimes I want to be a normal kid and go to the beach, but it's so motivating to think about going to the Olympics again. I'll only be 22 years old after Rio, and I can do whatever I want.
