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On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#body #confidence #everyone #feel #feel good

People think the gold medal is yours and they say you're going to win - but they have no idea how hard it is. People aren't doing it negatively - they're mostly lovely and they really do want you to win - but they don't understand the difficulty and intensity of competition. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#difficulty #doing #going #gold #gold medal

There was a massive poster of me down my road, right outside the chip shop. I was about to go in, but then I saw it and changed my mind. Me coming out with a bag of chips, while I'm up there doing crunches on the poster... well, it would not look good. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#bag #changed #chip #chips #coming

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function. ↗

— Brian Eno

#because #engineers #function #functional #had

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable. ↗

— Brian Eno

#agressive #declines #impact #inevitable #music

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school. ↗

— Brian Eno

#art school #before #got #had #i

So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer. ↗

— Mel Torme

#because #being #believe #continue #get

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it. ↗

— Brian Eno

#done #glad #listen #music #necessarily

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. ↗

— Brian Eno

#coming #conflict #countries #czech #czech republic

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant. ↗

— Brian Eno

#atheist #belong #choir #gospel #i