Laure Manaudou Quotes
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I've never been a partier.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I wasn't the most prodigiously talented cricketer in Karnataka, let alone India. Some of my team-mates in my school team could hit the ball cleaner than I do. I had to work through that lack of talent, so to speak, that lack of natural flair. Runs never came easy for me.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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You know how you put peanut butter on a piece of bread and the bread falls - it never falls on the bread side down, it always falls peanut butter side down. That's because of gravity.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Health care should be affordable for everyone.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
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My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.
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When I try to get work in the US all they say is that I need to lose weight - but I bet they never said that to Mae West.
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I lost my father when I was 13 years old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.
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Between Italy and France, I have chosen Luca Marin, the love of my life.
