Victoria Arlen Quotes
Winning gold and three silver medals at the Paralympic games is something I'll never forget, but I knew deep down there was still more work to do. I had to continue to redefine what was possible and get back everything that was taken away from me.Victoria Arlen
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The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
Patricia Reilly Giff -
You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
Rafael Palmeiro -
I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
Rachael Harris -
Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
Zac Posen -
There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
Ramez Naam -
I'm from Iowa Falls, Iowa. My dad was a small-town lawyer, and my mom was a pharmacist. She worked at Swartz Drug. I have five older brothers.
Patrick Whitesell
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
Zhu Rongji -
If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
Pat Metheny -
My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
Mahershala Ali -
Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
Olivia Colman -
To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
Olivia Colman -
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
Gary Sherman
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
Laura Wasser -
Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
T. J. Miller -
I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
Jack Nicklaus -
I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
Indra Nooyi -
I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
Hank Aaron -
I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
Hannah Kearney
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
Pythagoras -
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
Harlan Coben -
Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.
Jeff Fortenberry -
To make harmonics scream, I first dump my Floyd Rose real quick, hit a harmonic with my left hand while the string is still flapping, and then use the bar to pull it up to the pitch I wanna hit.
Darrell Lance Abbott -
Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
Franklin Pierce Adams -
Winning gold and three silver medals at the Paralympic games is something I'll never forget, but I knew deep down there was still more work to do. I had to continue to redefine what was possible and get back everything that was taken away from me.
Victoria Arlen