Alia Atkinson Quotes

I am very hopeful that my personal success in Qatar will ignite others, especially those in the so-called non-traditional sports, to try even harder because now they can see for themselves that significant achievements can be attained. But let me stress that it takes a lot of work - in fact, very hard work - mixed with very heavy doses of patience.

Alia Atkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: December 11, 1988

Topics

WorkHard WorkSuccessPatienceI Am

Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us.

Jerry Seinfeld

MistakeWhyHereUsReplaceBabies

I felt so contained at home. I always really felt like I couldn't be myself at home, so I was always quiet. I remember I used to sit in my room and listen to Bone Thugs and close the door.

Jermaine Fowler

HomeMyselfDoorRememberQuietSit

When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you do have a miniature version of the world, your own world, that you actually have some control over. I love to work.

Meg Wolitzer

WorkLoveWritingControlWorldYou

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

Robert Martin

ThinkingEncouragementDoingPowerful

If you want to make the best of yourself, you don't necessarily need to diet - you need to wear the right stuff.

Trinny Woodall

BestYourselfDietYouWantNeed

I like the good feeling movies.

Robert Duvall

GoodFeelingMoviesLike

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

Roscoe Mitchell

TimeMistakesStudentsWouldNoticed

In yoga, you hold the positions, whereas in dance, you're constantly moving, extending, reaching through the legs and arms, which helps build long, lean muscles as opposed to shorter, tighter ones.

Mary Helen Bowers

DanceMovingLongYouBuildLegs

I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

TruthAlwaysConvictionsBelieved

My hypothesis is not so much that the court is the natural expression of popular justice, but rather that its historical function is to ensnare it, to control it and strangle it, by re-inscribing it within institutions which are typical of a state apparatus.

Michel Foucault

JusticeControlWithinHistorical

I've been out of work so many times in my life that relying too much on just one job is terrifying.

Chris Hardwick

LifeWorkJobMy LifeToo MuchOut

Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you're stopped in your tracks. That's why it's so important to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be.

Chrissy Metz

LoveYourselfLove YourselfBelieve

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