Meghan O'Rourke Quotes

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

Meghan O'Rourke

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Everything in moderation, like calories.

Jimmy Smits

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I've never been the type of person that puts things on a shelf or, like, needs to clean my sneakers every day. I just wear what I like.

John Gourley

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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching you. You're supposed to be an unbelievable specimen of a human being. You have to treat your body different while you're performing.

John Salley

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When you're young, you think your parents are embarrassing and always saying and doing the wrong things, but as you get older you really appreciate how right they were about so much.

Tom Daley

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I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn't such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I'd ever done.

River Phoenix

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I'm not ashamed to say I fear something.

DJ Khaled

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I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.

Dennis Crowley

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In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

Dr. Dre

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I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the kitchen, requests come at you from all sides. You're doing the job of two - you have to be highly organised.

Cherie Lunghi

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Why would you want to go all the way to Africa and shoot a giraffe? I don't think you can eat him. I only shoot stuff I can eat.

Boo Weekley

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When you make money, it's natural to enjoy all the benefits it offers.

Sergey Galitsky

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