I have been here before in my head. To everyone else, it is my first Olympics. To me, it's my thousandth.

You can create your own miracle, but you do it by never looking past all the little steps along the way.

I may have become a world champion quicker than most, but people should look at me and realise there are all kinds of ways to get where you want to go. Because we didn't plan it. We just did it.

A perfect day for me would just be a day that goes the way I plan.

I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.

I think its good to stimulate your mind.

When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing.

I remember skiing being a family recreational thing.

I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles.

Let go of all the negative thoughts. Fill your mind with positive thoughts.

And we, from within the sigh of the trees, and the soft moss underfoot, and the calling of night birds, watched him as he watched, gazing where he should not.

silence can sometimes save you. everything doesn’t warrant words.

Boyfriend?”Her cheeks heated. “Yes.”“Funny name.”“What?” She frowned. “Ernest is a perfectly nice name.”“Oh, I thought I heard you call him Ermine.

Rhyannon Byrd has a gift for beautiful, sensual storytelling.

I'm a very straightforward person. But that's fine for a comedian. Because a lot of times you're talking about everyone else.

In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.

It's not good to live so much inside oneself. It's a self-imposed exile, really. It makes you different.

What people need to understand is, that if they are eating animals, they are promoting cruelty to animals.

I think people don't understand that comedy is an outlet for me. Comedy allows me to get outside of myself, and exercise this thing that is still kind of scary to me.