"I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad."

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Shawn Johnson

#Winning Quotes #Games Quotes #Stills Quotes

“A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs, a fragmented consciousness and self-centered spirit, we will continue to hold onto outdated goals and behaviors.”
“During the next four years...unless drastic steps are taken by Congress, the U.S. will have nearly 8,000,000 unemployed and will stand on the brink of a deep depression.”
“We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.”
“Why do airline pilots always call passengers "folks"? I don't usually take umbrage at generic terminology--I'm one of those forward-thinkers who believes that "man" encompasses the whole darned race -- but at whatever 0'clock in the mornning. I thought it would be nice to be called sometihng that suggested unwashed masses a little less.”

Source : Peggy Guggenheim (2016). “Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim”, p.186, Ravenio Books
“I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music.”
“There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.”
“There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.”
“The whole world's a bottle, And life's but a dram, When the bottle gets empty, It sure ain't worth a damn.”

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