"The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business."

-- George Bernard Shaw

#Knowledge Quotes #People Quotes #Want Quotes

“I grew up in a small village close to a big lake. There are heavy winds there, and they always sound different. I like these sounds best.”

Source : Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.
“Career-wise, I was not the most naturally talented ice skater. Of course I had a knack for it , but practice was always the answer for me. I needed to put in the time to get back the confidence that led me to Olympic gold.”

Source : "Tara Lipinski: On Dealing with Stress, Using Failure to Fuel Success, and How she Keeps her Head Clear". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Racism is a virus. And since nobody's really looking too hard for a cure it reproduces itself over and over again.”

Source : Marita Golden (2011). “And Do Remember Me”, p.105, Ballantine Books
“Pause and remember - No one is coming to rescue you from yourself; your inner demons, your lack of confidence, your dissatisfaction with yourself and life. Only self-love and good decisions will rescue you.”
“Music has always been there for me and is what's helped me through everything. It's like my solace.”
“The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to override or circumvent the law is doing all that in him lies to encourage the growth in the country of a spirit of dumb anger against all laws and of disbelief in their efficacy.”
“QVC has been very good to me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Younger feminists actually care about stuff that came before them, the same way that I totally cared about and loved and felt so lucky to have access to the feminism that came before me. To have younger people take what me and my friends have done, and to say 'We have access to that, but we're going to put that through our own Internet generation filter and we're going to make it into something that speaks to us and is a lot smarter.'”

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