Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

I lived in China for 9 years straight. I saw how my Chinese friends benefited and gained much more freedom to determine the course of their lives, their jobs, their creative works, and their identities over the course of a decade. Much of this increased freedom is thanks to economic engagement by the West.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

Joe Paterno

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You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Jodi Picoult

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I started training again four months after giving birth, and it was strange not to be fully in control - I'm so used to my body performing at a certain level, but it wasn't. I was like, 'Oh, man, can we go back to where we were, please?'

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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But critics of the war have no reason to regret their views.

Stephen Cohen

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Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?

Tom Hardy

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In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain.

Chris Cornell

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Sometimes sports serves as a reprieve from politics, and sometimes it serves as an extension of it.

Clint Smith

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That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

Brad Paisley

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People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

Bob Nelson

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Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community.

Brigham Young

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My first big show in Denver was 'Ruthless! The Musical.' I played Tina Denmark at the Theatre on Broadway. It was my big break!

Annaleigh Ashford

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The military never uses a full word if they can create an abbreviation.

Philip Hammond

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