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"If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash."
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"It never hurts a fool to appear before anaudience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling."
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"I attended a symposium to hear Shilagh Mirgain, Ph.D. speak on Mindful Leadership. Throughout her program, I made sure to make eye contact and smile to support, affirm, and engage with her presentation. When audience members do this for me, it adds an extra punch of dynamic energy that enriches my presentations and improves my performance."
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"Let your performance do the thinking."
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"Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?"
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"I remember the difficulty we had in the beginning replacing magnetic cores in memories and eventually we had both cost and performance advantages. But it wasn't at all clear in the beginning."
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"Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it."
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"He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it."
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"I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary."
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"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."
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"Save yourselves!" Percy warned. "It is too late for us!" Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. "oh no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!" Nothing happened. "I said," Percy repeated, "Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin." Frank stumbled out of nowhere, making a big show of grabbing his throat. "oh no," he said, like he was reading from a teleprompter, "I am turning into a crazy dolphin."
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"As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter."
Pretty
"Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support."
Athletes
"Fragile egos are put on the line every day."
Endurance
"It's going to be really weird when I'm 80 years old, in a walker, and people are still calling me America's sweetheart. We need a new one."
People
"I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter."
Time
"Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience."
Experience
"If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash."
Performance
"You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost."
People
"That's because the International Olympic Committee has a policy of never replacing medals."
Policy
"Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success."
Success
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