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" No matter what race or color you are, you can aspire to do something great. "

Laurie Hernandez

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" What I think a lot of great marathon runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I set a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that overwhelming goal of 26.2 miles. I know I've got to get to 5, and 12, and 16, and then I celebrate those little victories along the way. "

" Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. "

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" A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape! "

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" You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful. "

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" A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. "

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" To have great poets, there must be great audiences. "

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Laurie Hernandez

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" Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social. "

" Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer. "

" We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks like you doing it, you don't believe you can do it. But I had great teachers, and I wanted to be a great teacher. "

" Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

" By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle? "

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" Don't be humble... you're not that great. "

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" The target for every great champion is to play for the team. "

" Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. "

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" We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. "

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" The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness. "

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" To do a great right do a little wrong. "

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