Margaret Heffernan Quotes
Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me.
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Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
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I went from absolutely nothing to a lot of people judging me overnight, and it was really tough for me.
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One of the things that fascinated people about the twins, and one of the first things that comes to people's minds when they see Siamese Twins is: well, how do you have sex?
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I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect examples of what a man actually does. The notion is that he goes to college, gets married and provides. That's what a man does.
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Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.
