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Nathan Chen Quotes

I have confidence in how I've trained and prepared myself. I've dreamed about the Olympics for a long time, and it would be kind of silly and a waste to freak myself out.

Nathan Chen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: May 5, 1999

Topics

Confidence Time Myself Be Kind Long

When you don't feel healthy, stop the excuses and do something. Just go outside, walk, breathe. Life's too short to fall into a rut. You are in charge of you - treat yourself well, and it'll show.

Jessica Stroup

Life Walk Yourself Treat Short You

Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.

Andy Biersack

Yourself People Be Yourself You Want

My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play online Scrabble. My favorite word as a child was 'carrion,' before I knew what it meant. I later created crossword puzzles, which was a lot about puns, and how words would create these strange, strange things.

Meg Wolitzer

Good Day Words Child Writing Play

One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.

Angela Duckworth

School Challenges High School Talking

I don't like touring and it seemed to be getting on top of me in a big way.

Andy Partridge

Me Way Top Big Like Touring

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.

Stephen Jay Gould

Science Writing Think Academic Used

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Soren Kierkegaard

Dating Important Relationships Seems

I think I'm a focus for international attention.

Sting

Focus Think Attention I Think

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

Tom T. Hall

Good Religion People You Some People

What is faithfulness, anyway? Can you be unfaithful to your own feelings and faithful to someone else? Is it faithful to lie in bed night after night with someone you love but no longer desire while ardently dreaming of someone else?

Mary Gaitskill

Love Lie Night Someone You Feelings

When I was 16, I had a job on the cleaning crew at a local hospital. I wore a pink uniform and cleaned bathrooms and buffed the hallway linoleum. Oddly, I don't recall hating the job. I recall getting choked up at the end of the summer when I went to turn in my uniform and say goodbye to the ladies.

Mary Roach

Job Goodbye Pink End Uniform Summer

'Clybourne Park' was my first job after the birth of my son, who was 11 weeks old when we started rehearsals. And while that was truly harder than anything I've ever done, I was grateful every day to be going to work on such an incredible play, with such a generous, intelligent, supportive group of people.

Annie Parisse

Work Son Day Grateful Job People