Nadia Comaneci Quotes
I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I'm a huge Cure fan. I love the Cure. The scales being tipped to when they weren't on a major label compared to when they were seems pretty meaningless. I had the good fortune of having them go before me and seeing their careers, musically at least, lose something. Like a novel written by a dead hand.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records.
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Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.
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The 'here' of Watts is pastel houses with window gratings in curly patterns. 'Here' is yard sales with bins full of stuffed animals and used water guns. Here is Crips turf.
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Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.
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Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs.
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I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
