Nadia Comaneci Quotes
When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
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Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.
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In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - just knowledge; not talent, not genius, not inventive mental powers.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.
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I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe in disciplining children.
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The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one, we appealed to the sentiments and interests of the different groupings in the region and had them with us. In the second one, we did it on our own, on the basis of false premises, with extremely brutality and lack of political skill.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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I just like putting outfits together without much thought and seeing what the outcome is.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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When I write a novel I put into play all the information inside me. It might be Japanese information or it might be Western; I don't draw a distinction between the two.
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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I always want to do the best I can.
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When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
