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“I really think positive and hope that everything works out. Because you can't really change anything.”

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Julia Mancuso is an American ski racer, born on March 9, 1984. She has achieved significant success in the sport of alpine skiing, winning multiple Olympic medals and World Cup titles. more

“We're really friendly. The cool thing about skiing is you're competing against the clock. Even though you're competing against your teammates, it's not head-to-head. And we can all do better. You can always do better. You never really have a perfect run. And someone beats you. So you can't really blame anyone.”

Running Perfect Blame Clock Friendly Competing Teammate Skiing

Author:Julia Mancuso

“For me, it really just feels calm. When you're going fast on a downhill course, it's typically where it's wide open. I think it's kind of like driving a car. If you're going really fast and it's straight, everything seems to slow down. In general, racing downhill involves bigger turns and everything sort of slows down and you have a lot of time to think.”

Thinking Kind Car Calm Driving Racing Slow Down Time To Think

Author:Julia Mancuso

“You're less apprehensive when you know what to expect. Also, the first flight is very important in this performance-driven culture I work in; it establishes your reputation. If you don't do well, it's probably your last flight.”

Important Culture Reputation Flight

Author:Julie Payette

“You're always under the microscope, you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.”

Surprise

Author:Julie Payette

“Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence. You remember that whatever you do, someone will be watching, and you study all the time. It sounds terrible, but you get used to it. I'm 45, and I'm still at school, essentially.”

School Remember Study Terrible Death Sentence

Author:Julie Payette

“Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege.”

People Mind Volunteer

Author:Julie Payette

“I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.”

People Thinking Whole Culture Serious Ought Healthy Smart Gun Intelligence Discussion Smoking Youtube Smart People Proliferation Really Smart Celebrity Culture

Author:Stephen King

“Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.”

Parent Envy

Author:Keira Knightley

“I'm not a very social person. I'm interested in music and I'm obviously tight with my family - my daughter. I'm not at the club hanging out at night. I'm at home making records.”

Home Night Daughter My Family My Daughter Hanging Out

Author:Memory Tapes

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