Skating Quotes - Page 6

• I am almost a real girl the entire drive home. I went to a diner. I drank hot chocolate and ate french fries. Talked to a guy for a while. Laughed a couple of times. A little like ice-skating for the first time, wobbly, but I did it.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Girl, Couple, Real

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.87, Scholastic UK

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• Listen," Mac interrupted, "you still have to knock it out of the park. But it's a degree-of-difficulty thing. You're doing a triple lutz and she's skating. You're the Sasha Cohen here.

  Zoey Dean

  Parks, Degrees, Macs

  Zoey Dean (2008). “Almost Famous, A Talent novel”, p.105, Penguin

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• When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Giants

  Winston S. Churchill (2010). “Triumph and Tragedy: The Second World War”, p.430, RosettaBooks

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• Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four in the morning,” etc. Writing is not figure skating or skiing. Your mother will not make you a writer. My advice to any young person who wants to write is: leave home.

  Paul Theroux

  Mother, Morning, Home

  "Fiction in the Age of E-Books". The Atlantic Interview, www.theatlantic.com. 2010.

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• Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

  Gracie Gold

  Ice, Classic, Rich

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• We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of this caliber in the skating world. It's definitely important to the area because we hear all the time that there are not enough major sporting events in South Jersey. It's a great opportunity to have such an event.

  Susan Ward

  Opportunity, Important, Events

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• We don't get any marks for effort like in ice-skating.

  Kevin Keegan

  Ice, Effort, Mark

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• To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires people to cheer, it pulls the emotions out of people.

  Frank Carroll

  Sports, Cheer, People

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• In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasnt my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so its not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself.

  Dorothy Hamill

  Party, Years, Olympics

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• I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.

  Sarah Hughes

  Sacrifice, Hardship, Would Be

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• Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks.

  Dorothy Hamill

  Beautiful, Beach, Community

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• Every four years, I'll watch figure skating, but I'm no closer to buying tights.

  N.D. Wilson

  Years, Watches, Tights

  N. D. Wilson (2013). “Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World”, p.14, Thomas Nelson

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• Tallulah [Bankhead] is always skating on thin ice. Everyone wants to be there when it breaks.

  Mrs. Patrick Campbell

  Skating On Thin Ice, Want, Break

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• Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

  Johnny Weir

  Beautiful, Costumes, Figures

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• When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.'

  Shaun White

  Guy

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• I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you know, I do everything that I want. I march to my own drummer. Sometimes people have an issue with that, and I can't control it.

  Johnny Weir

  Sports, Art, Issues

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• I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.

  Johnny Weir

  Different, Video, Artistic

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• I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.

  Johnny Weir

  Girl, Jobs, Men

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• Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio, fashion, writing or deep-sea diving - is a blessing. It is also how I pay my bills and fund my own skating, as I don't have a sponsor or financial help from my federation.

  Johnny Weir

  Fashion, Eye, Writing

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• To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

  Johnny Weir

  Art, Trying, Program

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• To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

  Johnny Weir

  Elements, Looks, Should

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• Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.

  Johnny Weir

  Trying, Tweed, Littles

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• Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding.

  Shaun White

  Travel, Crazy, Home

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• Skating is now retro and hip.

  Robin Cousins

  Athlete, Hips, Retro

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• Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

  Robin Cousins

  Athlete, Ice, Originality

  "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.

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