Lizzie Armitstead Quotes
I feel extremely guilty that I've had to put team-mates through extra media questions.
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I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules, then that will ultimately result in positive outcomes.
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I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
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I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one.
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It's rare that I turn down a photo or autograph, because these are the people that support me, so why not support them. I love it and I invite it. I love what I do and the whole 'celebrity' life and all that.
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I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.
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I'm just a worker.
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My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
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We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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I feel extremely guilty that I've had to put team-mates through extra media questions.
