Apolo Ohno Quotes
I think so many times in our society we focus so much on just the end result; when we finally reach that point we realize that was never the true goal.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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I have always appreciated the honest brutality of the international film world. One need never doubt one's worth in the market. Mine was zero.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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The principal did not like the fact that the teachers would take my side. I always left an impression when I left the school - not for who I was but for what I did there.
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It's more fun if you can control things like lighting and make special effects in the darkroom.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Thematically, I like playing with the ideas of stuff that you try to bury, and you think will go away, but instead you carry it with you until it becomes crippling. And sometimes you have to look back and deal with some stuff in order to truly move forward.
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My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.
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I think so many times in our society we focus so much on just the end result; when we finally reach that point we realize that was never the true goal.
