Nadia Comaneci Quotes
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to America's young people, 'We be thugs.' The GOP may capture the youth vote at last.
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My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She's, like, five-two, maybe.
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I have regrets, but you live and learn.
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If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.
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It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and confined; namely that which addresses itself to the imagination from that which is solely addressed to the eye.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
