We all need to figure out what's right for us because nothing about life is one size fits all. Even for an Olympian, that's for sure. And such discovery starts with you paying attention - to yourself.
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PHYLICIA RASHAD Everyone needs to take that time to figure out who they are. The fact that there's no love inter... AULI'I CRAVALHO There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinar... FRANCES O'GRADY One Heart! One Mind! One Team! One Dream! One Goal! One Soul! That's how we roll! MARCUS MAYO You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists... ERIC IDLE It's impossible to accept love from anyone else if you don't love yourself. It's a big i... CHRISSY METZ Online piracy needs to be dealt with itself, because people are just wholesale stealing people's... TIM HEIDECKER Well, that's what life is - this collection of extraordinarily ordinary moments. We just need to... ALEXANDER PAYNE Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once... CALVIN JOHNSON It's all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. 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JOE MILLER One thing about an artist, it doesn't matter how much your work sells for in your life, it's... TRACEY EMIN Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breakin... SHAILENE WOODLEY Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want t... DREW POMERANZ Because there is no cosmic point to the life that each of us perceives on this distant bit of dust a... GORE VIDAL To have a one-size-fits-all number that is used not just for reporting but for sanctions is inapprop... CATHERINE CLARK I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there... CARRE OTIS 'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will ... D'ANGELO I think it is really important to indulge on the holidays, I think that we all deserve that; I think... 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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART For me to train and get ready for racing, I can't just sit in the gym all the time and that'... MARK WEBBER What's natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. What's... SUSAN POWTER One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty inte... FRANK DARABONT Because it's difficult to have a career as an artist, and in every situation where it's diff... ELIZABETH PRICE I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'... KATE DICAMILLO Because I am much like Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, I'm such an unconventional political figure... NEWT GINGRICH When I get ready for a high-profile event, it's really about sleep and making sure I'm eatin... DARBY STANCHFIELD It's not for everybody to tweet, it's for everybody to follow. The more people figure that o... BILL GURLEY The truth is that we don't need everyone to like us; we need a few people to love us. 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