"Actually I don't choose to expose myself in public. I choose to compete; the other side just comes with the package."

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Source : "Big interview: Paula Radcliffe". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2004.

Paula Radcliffe

“Do not desire a long life or an early death”
“Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular eyes, frosty gold, with an expression of intense, predatory madness in them. The crooked arms, with their fringes of sharp teeth, would be raised in mock supplication to the insect world, so humble, so fervent, trembling slightly when a butterfly flew too close.”
“I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels.”

Source : "The Infectious Benjamin Percy". Interview with Jennifer Sky, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 6, 2013.
“There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.”
“Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.”

Source : "Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America". Book by David Hackett Fischer, 2008.
“It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens.”

Source : "Box clever". Interview with Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2007.
“I don't even know - for me, it's difficult to decide which is more important - the things or the thoughts. It seems to me that certain things came up more or less naturally.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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