Shawn Johnson Quotes

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

Shawn Johnson

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LifeTrainingGoldYouTrainGet

Did you come of age in those sweet summers of the early nineteen-sixties, when the airwaves were full of rock and roll's doo-wop promise of joy and the nation was full of J.F.K.'s eloquent promise of a New Frontier? I did. Life seemed to be laid out before us like a banquet; everything was for the taking, especially hearts.

John Lahr

LifeAgeJoySweetYouEarly

We came out in the midst of the hippie hangover. All this mellow music.

Angus Young

MusicOutHippieHangoverMidst

Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are all my mentors whether they know it or not.

Stephen Karam

CommunitySchoolCollegeMeResult

In my nothing, you were everything, to me.

Trent Reznor

MeYouNothingEverythingWere

Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.

Tony Campolo

GovernmentHouseWhiteWhite House

The Rice Dream rice milk is like a savior in my life, and I couldn't live without it. The Earth Balance soy butter is so good you could eat it with a spoon.

Rory Freedman

LifeGoodLiveBalanceMy LifeYou

No one has ever escaped from Guantanamo Bay. It is by far the most secure detention facility in the world.

Mike Pompeo

WorldFarSecureBayMostEver

I like an occasional glass of wine, though I don't drink before a shoot or a show - blotchy skin is not a good idea, however good your make-up artist.

Jourdan Dunn

GoodWineArtistSkinGlassDrink

Money, for me, is just to create bigger and better things. A lot of guys in the deejaying world flaunt it, but I don't see any use in that. I don't need anything. I live in hotels. Most of my clothes I get for free. I like to invest in ideas. In people.

Diplo

LiveMoneyPeopleMeIdeasWorld

As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.

Annie Dillard

LifeWorkLossRememberGoAgainst

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Swami Vivekananda

TruthBe TrueTrueDifferentWays

I get my clothes from three sources: Target, thrift shops, and friends. It's simple and it's cheap.

Shawn Amos

SimpleFriendsClothesTargetThree

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