Shizuka Arakawa quote: "I poured all my strength into the Olympics, which was always the chief priority for me and I'm still in a situation where I can't relax."

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Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
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LISA KLEYPAS

I didn't really realize all I was getting into. I'm pretty young for being in the Olympics in the fi...
ELENA HIGHT

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REUBEN DROUGHNS

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JADE JONES

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AMBER FAITH HUN

The difference is,
Now I cant call you anymore…
I cant hear your calming voice,
I c...
JJM

Never felt lyk im alone bcoz my soul always follows me dats wat make me feel im not alone & I"ll nev...
RAKSHAN BHANDARY

Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Oly...
LAURE MANAUDOU

The All-Star Game was one of my top highlights as a player. In my eye, it gave me a good idea of whe...
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ANI DIFRANCO

My strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I de...
JASON MRAZ

I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their thi...
ADAM PEATY

My plans are definitely to swim in the 2008 Olympics. I am still training and still competing. So ho...
AMANDA BEARD

And thus, as a closer and still closer intimacy admitted me more unreservedly into recesses if his s...
EDGAR ALLAN POE

I'm always going to be making costumes. It's one of the ways I relax my brain. In addition t...
ADAM SAVAGE

In my mind I am comparing the Olympics and this event. Doing the (triple) Axel was an important poin...
MATT SAVOIE

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And ...
JASON MRAZ

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It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
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These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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I was always around volleyball since I was very young because my sister played in grade school and m...
JAY MERGENTHALER

Now my Olympics can begin. I have this anger in me and I want to show them all.
EVI SACHENBACHER

There are several cats smoothly moving about, which helped me greatly to relax, for I have always fe...
HANS HOLZER

I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n...
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Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a chief part.
DAVID TUVILL

I let my pitcher talk me into leaving him in and I probably left him in too long. But in that situat...
ANDREW CARTER

[Arakawa and Main] clearly had a co-equal role in getting Nintendo to the place where it is, ... It ...
JOHN TAYLOR

Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another respon...
WARREN MOON

Playing is a priority for me. Everyone has worked so hard to get where we are and I felt like I owed...
MICHAEL GRAFF

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HUNTLEY FITZPATRICK

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ANDREA BOCELLI

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ASHWIN SANGHI

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JASON MRAZ

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MARTINA HINGIS

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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SAMIRA WILEY

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ZHOU YONGKANG

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GABE HALE

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JOHN ROBERTS

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MAHMOUD EL HALLAB

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VIRAT KOHLI

I wept in my dreams.
I dreamed you lay in the grave;
I awoke, and the tears
still poured d...
HEINRICH HEINE

For me, my number one priority always has to be the music, and I'm going to work school around m...
SCOTTY MCCREERY

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PRINCE WILLIAM

Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA

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CATHERINE THE GREAT

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KATE MIDDLETON

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON

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ZARA PHILLIPS

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My dad's not a big talker.
ZARA PHILLIPS

My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS

I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS

You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS

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ZARA PHILLIPS

I poured all my strength into the Olympics, which was always the chief priority for me and I'm still in a situation where I can't relax.

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I poured all my strength into the Olympics, which was always the chief priority for me and I'm still in a situation where I can't relax.

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