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"People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world."
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
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"For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion."
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"What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy."
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"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed."
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"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."
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"The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it."
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"Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters."
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"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"
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"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."
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"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
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"You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable."
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"Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me."
People
"I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends."
Friendship
"I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old."
Expectation
"I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run."
Support
"I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do."
Autonomy
"I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention."
People
"I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running."
Life
"This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance."
Hope
"Peace, unity and harmony!"
Peace
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