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I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

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I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

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I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame? ↗

— Patti LaBelle

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I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can't even talk about my own handicap because it's too upsetting. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

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I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We're parting because we're celebrating each others' growth. ↗

— Kelly Rowland

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I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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I'm really keen to go back and do some theatre, but I can't afford to at the moment because we're getting married in September. And then I'm hoping to direct a film at the end of this year, and that means a year of your life without pay. ↗

— Richard Roxburgh

#back #because #direct #end #film

You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

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