#gettin

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#country #earlier #focus #get #getting

I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself. ↗

— Leah Remini

#believe #getting #i #making #me

I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#certainly #family #getting #getting older #i

With every song I have a person in mind who, in a perfect world, would perform with me. Usually I end up not getting that person, and I'm forced to settle for someone else. ↗

— Busta Rhymes

#end #every #forced #getting #i

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#around #bad #bad rap #being #feel

The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write. ↗

— Anne Rice

#done #getting #had #i #just

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

#bed #breaking #climb #cracking #getting

Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.' ↗

— Chris Robinson

#areas #different #different areas #getting #getting older

If you're an Afghan village leader in a small town down around Kandahar somewhere, and you know that the footprint is getting smaller for your security, and the Taliban saying don't forget, I'm going to be back real soon, who is your loyalty going to go through? ↗

— Mike Rogers

#around #back #down #footprint #forget

I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#because #centre #completely #could #face