Dominique Moceanu Quotes

My parents, Romanian immigrants, struggled to provide me a better life than the ones they had left in their homeland. They worked hard to give me every opportunity in life, and once I showed natural talent as a young gymnast, they spent every last penny on my training.

Dominique Moceanu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 30, 1981

Topics

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I used to be a huge collector, and my big thing was stickers.

Jenny Lewis

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I lived in Texas for 10 years.

John Hawkes

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The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

Melissa George

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When you lose your passion to be a WWE Superstar, there's no point in going back. It's a lot of work and sacrifice.

Robert Maillet

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There's a constant struggle between my ears about who I am and what I mean to the world.

Mauro Ranallo

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When I was a kid I used to go to the movies, double features in outdoor theaters, and my parents used to take us to see like, 'Cat On a Hot Tin Roof' or something like that, with Elizabeth Taylor.

Michael Biehn

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The kitchen is the heart of the house.

Alvaro Enrigue

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I'd be much more likely to watch the latest Tarantino movie than to listen to a Mahler symphony.

Simon Rattle

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Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself.

Michael Scheuer

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I think you can laugh the hardest when you get closest to something real.

Mimi Kennedy

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I am the state.

Louis XIV

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Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and work on my laptop. There's something about pushy New Yorkers looking over your shoulder that really makes you produce sentences.

Joshua Foer

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