Nadia Comaneci Quotes
I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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When you start talking about sacrifices, pretty soon people start feeling like chumps.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young.
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It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow.
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Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
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No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say what you won't ever do. And you can't say that you won't have forgiveness in your heart if there were to be an issue like that.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts of new friends.
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All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.
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With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
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I love photo shoots where I can be like a pinup, not myself. Where I can be feminine, glamorous, dark not like in real life. I hate it when you go in and they want you to be 'natural,' to be yourself. I just hate it. I love having fun. When they ask you to smile, I hate it. Of course I smile in my real life, but to do it on cue, that's not spontaneous. I'd rather do something that's like a little movie, like a little story, rather than just me, I feel naked.
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I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.
