Yves Rossy Quotes
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom.Yves Rossy
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
Zach Anner -
Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
S. Jay Olshansky -
I've always wanted to be in journalism. I even started a course at Loughborough doing media studies. I like all sports, and I am keen on writing. But I thought that while I was still young, I ought to make a real go of it at badminton. So I have put all my focus on playing sport instead of writing about it.
Rajiv Ouseph -
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
Viktor Orban -
During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
Ingrid Betancourt -
I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
Hani Furstenberg
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
Vanessa Marcil -
A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
Wendy Kopp -
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Ramsey Clark -
My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
Sam Smith -
I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
Danica Patrick -
When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
Gail Sheehy
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You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.
Gary Bettman -
To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such a way that it is truly the creature that provides the response, with its own nature and its natural powers of love.
Hans Urs von Balthasar -
Don't get me wrong – I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
Zac Efron -
Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.
Paloma Faith -
I'm one of the best condensers in the business.
Walter Cronkite -
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
Octavio Paz
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My Nike Free sneakers add a splash of color and slide on fast, perfect for when I'm rushing to catch the school bus. And my favorite cargos are skinny but stretchy, so I can go up or down a few pounds and they still fit!
Jessica Seinfeld -
I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.
Maeve Binchy -
Slavery existed all over the world. The Egyptians had slaves. The Chinese had slaves. The Africans did. American Indians had slaves long before Columbus. And tragically, slavery continues today in many countries. What's uniquely Western is the abolition of slavery. And what's uniquely American is the fighting of a great war to end it.
Dinesh D'Souza -
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom.
Yves Rossy