Lucy Powell Quotes
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
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If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.
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I feel like girls are always fighting guys off at bars, always. Usually girls don't really have to do anything except be there. And if alcohol is involved, you're gonna get hit on. No matter what.
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I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.
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I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.
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Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
