"I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would, but I dreamed about it."

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Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

Dorothy Hamill

#Winning Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Gold Quotes

“Stories always have held conflicts and contrasts, highs and lows, life and death situations. And there can be much suffering in stories, but now we say the artist doesnâ€™t have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand the human condition, understand the suffering.”
“I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.”
“Many people falsely believe that if you want to be holy, you are not allowed to enjoy life...Holiness brings us to life. It refines every human ability. Holiness doesn't dampen our emotions; it elevates them. Those who respond to God's call to holiness are the most joyful people in history. They have a richer, more abundant experience of life, and they love more deeply than most people can every imagine. They enjoy life, all of life.”
“We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.”
“That’s the power you possess as an artist. To find and express your own unique message.”

Source : Ella Leya (2015). “The Orphan Sky”, p.113, Sourcebooks, Inc.
“If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.”
“Ladies & Gentelman, the man who tought William Kennedy Smith everything he knows about dating, Sweet Stan Lane!”
“I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world”

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