Nadia Comaneci Quotes

We used to exchange leotards with gymnasts from other countries. I don't remember who I got my most prized leotard from, but it was one with a lot of stars on it.

Nadia Comaneci

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: romanian
  • Birth: November 12, 1961

Topics

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There are certainly days that we can convince ourselves in Washington that everybody's talking about one thing, and then I'll go home to my district and realize that everybody's actually talking about something different.

John Sarbanes

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When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.

Steve Coogan

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You can listen to carpenters talk for hours in Ireland. The people have a relationship to words that I don't think you will run into anyplace in the world.

Steve Earle

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Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.

Shirin Neshat

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Let's focus on how we can take someone who is being poorly educated in an American public school and how they are poorly trained for a job, and put in place those opportunities for them to get that education, give their parents choice in education, make it real for them.

Michael Steele

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I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.

Loudon Wainwright III

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Kids leave us and go off on their own lives. Family members tell us what they think of us. Animals can't do that. They really are blank canvases, and we can project anything we want onto them. So the relationship is very pure and simple.

Jon Katz

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Jessica Lange is my all-time favorite actress.

Dove Cameron

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I've been a little more fortunate, perhaps, than a lot of people have, for the simple reason that I've constantly been moving: so nobody can hit me - you know what I mean? Protesting is not the answer - not along those lines.

Chico Hamilton

SimplePeopleMeMovingYouKnow

There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting.

Colin Mochrie

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I'm interested in the history of the soul: the everyday life of the soul, the things that the big picture of history usually omits - or disdains.

Svetlana Alexievich

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I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

Paul Weller

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