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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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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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've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.
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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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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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One of the things I learned in editing 'The Reagan Diaries' is to never say what Reagan would do, because he surprised people.
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Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York.
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For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.
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The black artist's role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.
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The gold iridescent 'Naked' outfit is perhaps not my finest moment.
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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.
