Ashley Wagner Quotes
A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
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Women hold up half the sky.
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It's not about the money for me.
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Many people with different backgrounds, cultures, languages, and creeds combine to make a nation. But that nation is greater than the sum total of the individual skills and talents of its people. Something more grows out of their unity than can be calculated by adding the assets of individual contributions. That intangible additional quantity is often due to the differences which make the texture of the nation rich. Therefore, we must never wipe out or deride the differences amongst us-for where there is no difference, there is only indifference.
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You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.
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Having more than one legal system running is not a sign of a healthy or inclusive society. It is just one less thing that people have in common.
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A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.
