Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Quotes

I think I get going because I try not to put added pressure on myself because a lot of times, you can be very good at what you do, but when you get ready, you have to be prepared to get it going.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: jamaican
  • Birth: December 27, 1986

Topics

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They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.

Andre Braugher

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At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money.

John Rocha

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Schools reward their students for a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and hard work - in the classroom and on the playing fields. But these metrics don't help kids understand that great grades are not a pass for a great life.

Steve Blank

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I write, I teach, I direct. I sail around the world for Holland America two months out of every year doing a seminar where we discuss film or theater and do improvisations.

Troy Donahue

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Life is just so painful and messy and hard and worth it and all that stuff.

Robert Downey, Jr.

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I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.

Matt Bevin

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After a lifetime of feeling at home in my plus-size body, I was a 27-year-old having self-esteem issues. Clothes shopping stopped being fun and became a chore; I couldn't wear the curve-showing styles I loved without Spanx - and I worried that my new body would affect my training.

Michelle Carter

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Eddie Murphy is a great entertainer.

Judge Reinhold

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Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.

Jason Mraz

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The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.

Douglas Haig

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The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

Dr. Dre

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I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.

Apolo Ohno

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