Christen Press Quotes
If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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Some of the best things about being a vegetarian include, of course, contributing towards the welfare of animals. Being a vegetarian can also make you a healthier person, and it helps the environment. All of these things make vegetarianism worthwhile. It's really a win-win situation.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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I'm a huge Wonder Woman fan - I have about 12 coffee mugs at home!
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Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is God to us, as I am God to the cells that compose me.
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I love just going into stores and testing fragrances. The smell of a fragrance is kind of like hearing a song, it makes you feel something that's really unique to you and can be quite exciting.
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You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.
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If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.
