Lizzie Armitstead Quotes
My family will be disappointed only if I'm disappointed, and hopefully that won't be the case. I'm trying to view the Olympics like any other race and I think the London course will suit my style.
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I always tell women that the fact that you're different and that you're noticed, because there are few of us in the tech industry, is something you can leverage as an advantage.
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.
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Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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Falling in love is the best way to kill your heart because then it's not yours anymore. It's laid in a coffin, waiting to be cremated.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.
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I like to do Pilates.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Balconies scare me, and I would never do a shoot on one. I am afraid of heights.
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Financing is always the hard part, especially if you don't have friends or family to back you, which was my case and the case for most designers.
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My family will be disappointed only if I'm disappointed, and hopefully that won't be the case. I'm trying to view the Olympics like any other race and I think the London course will suit my style.
