Adam Rippon Quotes
As an athlete, I know that I'm such a perfectionist that I'll want to go out and keep working on something over and over until it's perfect. Part of growing up is learning to take a step back.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room.
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Sometimes we complain without thinking much of it, but the frightening thing about complaining is that every time we do, a cloud descends over our heart, and our hope, appreciation and joy gradually wane.
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I was born in 1935. But my mother and father - who were immigrants from Ireland - and everybody that I knew growing up in Brooklyn came out of the Depression, and they were remarkable people.
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I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.
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As an athlete, I know that I'm such a perfectionist that I'll want to go out and keep working on something over and over until it's perfect. Part of growing up is learning to take a step back.
