Katarina Witt Quotes
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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The world is always in movement.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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They are very brave when they talk about other countries where they have no competencies, but where are they when we citizens need them? Is Europe's solution to Catalans to turn its back?
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I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
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Yeah, I'm kind of fit. And I'm quite careful about my diet.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.
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Seasonal flu is now a pandemic that lasts for years and years because you've got so many people that it's jumping back between northern and southern hemispheres and moving itself around the world. By the time it gets back to where it started, it's changed sufficiently so that people are no longer immune.
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I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course.
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My family were very poor. I am one of nine siblings: two girls and seven boys. Only my brother and I play in Europe, and then three more work in Europe, and another plays in Tunisia. This family is a footballing family, but our lives have not always been good.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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Ever since I knew Dad did pentathlon, I wanted to do it as well. I have seen all his old photos, and he still has his Olympic riding jacket, and that makes this even more special.
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I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
