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"If you want to be happy, be."
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"When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that."
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"If you want to be loved, be lovable."
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"The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have."
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"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."
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"Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know."
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"I do want to go another way - to write something completely different."
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"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."
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"Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want."
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"I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me."
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"When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence."
Confidence
"I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing."
Ego
"Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage."
People
"Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance."
Life
"But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know."
Thought
"And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well."
Attention
"From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition."
Competition
"What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating."
Friendship
"When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review."
Want
"Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself."
Courage
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