Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

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I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really. ― Jennifer Starzec, Determination

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Normal people think I'm insane.

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People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn't look like anyone.

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Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind – even if your voice shakes. — Maggie Kuhn

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The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not.

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Let some people get rich first. - Deng Xiaoping

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You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only. ― Anne Frank

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I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.

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Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

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