Carmen Marton Quotes
When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music directors was told to share a score with others, he would have left the assignment.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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I'm evangelical.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents.
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It came to a point where there was that curiosity factor: Was he going to hit 80? I'm sure it went through his head.
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Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?
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When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
