Debi Thomas Quotes

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

Debi Thomas

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LifeMy LifeSkatingFirstReal

I went to dance class as a girl because I didn't like sports, but I never did a dance recital in my life. Never, ever, ever. I felt comfortable dancing, and I was happiest dancing, but I was never the best person in the class.

Jennifer Grey

LifeGirlSportsBestDanceMy Life

The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

Maya Angelou

LoveWomenTrustLove IsRevolution

People on left have to better understand what are the benefits of inequality, and people on right have to understand better what the dangers are... It has to become properly hardwired into the American democratic debate in a way that it hasn't really been.

Angus Deaton

PeopleBetterAmericanInequality

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

Jean Toomer

ThinkFeelEnoughDreamUnderstand

There are a lot of different sides to me. I don't know if I'm always peaches-and-cream.

Shiri Appleby

MeKnowSidesAlwaysDifferentLot

Whether religion is man-made is a question for philosophers or theologians. But the forms are man-made. They are a human response to something. As a historian of religions, I am interested in those expressions.

Mircea Eliade

ReligionI AmHumanQuestionThose

When you're starting a company, almost anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and it will probably look like and feel like you made the absolute wrong decision to start the company. If you're not absolutely determined to solve a problem or see something through, it might not make sense to keep going.

Logan Green

DecisionKeep GoingStartProblemGo

The French, who love their dogs, sometimes eat their horses. The Spanish, who love their horses, sometimes eat their cows. The Indians, who love their cows, sometimes eat their dogs.

Jonathan Safran Foer

LoveSometimesDogsEatCowsHorses

Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get, is always stuff we've already criticised ourselves.

Jonny Greenwood

BelieveCriticismYouWillAlways

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

Jon Meacham

LifeFaithFreedomCommitmentNever

This idea that we should be best friends with our partner of the opposite gender leads toward tremendous frustration. Did you ever notice that while men often refer to their wives as best friends, women usually refer to another woman in that way?

Deborah Tannen

WomenBestMenWomanFrustration

You know, I think that people give you back what you gave them. I try to be... as I am.

Pierfrancesco Favino

I AmPeopleThinkYouBackKnow

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