Nadia Comaneci Quotes

My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be.

Nadia Comaneci

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherTrainingGovernmentParents

I take my religion seriously.

Jim Inhofe

ReligionSeriouslyTake

With comics you can put interesting and solid information in a format that's pretty palatable.

Joe Sacco

InterestingYouInformationPretty

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Max Nordau

RespectMyselfMeTroubleOthers

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?

Andy Warhol

FunnyThinkYouKnowNowMean

From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap Iranian oil. Factories throughout Britain were fueled by oil from Iran. The Royal Navy, which projected British power all over the world, powered its ships with Iranian oil.

Stephen Kinzer

PowerWorldLivingRoyalNavyOil

I think that the important thing to consider here - Hubert Humphrey said that a society is measured by how he treats those in the dawn of life, those in the shadows of life, and those in the twilight of life. And it is true that Terri Schiavo lives among us in the shadows of life, but she is not brain dead. She feels pain.

Trent Franks

LifePainBrainSocietyThinkDawn

Monero at a protocol level is very, very private and has that big advantage over bitcoin.

Roger Ver

OverBigLevelAdvantageBitcoin

We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.

Mary Beard

MistakesMistakeWorldThinkBetter

The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing.

Mickey Hart

GoodGratefulPeopleGood ThingsYou

But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean.

Michael Tilson Thomas

MusicTimeArchitectureKindMean

There should be a whole book written about that one word: country. What does that mean, country? It's such a huge umbrella. I would hope that what makes it country is that it all starts with a song. The story being told in three and a half minutes that is not being told on another station.

Dierks Bentley

HopeSongBookStoryCountryThree

Just don't spend your money, and you're well on your way to becoming a millionaire.

Chris Sacca

MoneyYouWayBecomingWellJust

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