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And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration. Olga Korbut
Big Nineteen Like Does Go Goal Celebration Sixty Mean Realized Games Four Olympic Olympic Games
And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know. Olga Korbut
Good Me You Three Before Nineteen Months Seventy About Knew Almost Know Ready Go Been Very Just Games Team Why Olympic Olympic Games Two
And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star. Olga Korbut
Nineteen Seventy Became Overnight Going Really Games Star Olympic Olympic Games Two
I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition. Olga Korbut
World Competition Big National Before Too Like Because Ready Been Just Games European World Championship Compete Championship Olympic Olympic Games
Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without OLGA. Olga Korbut
You World Live Finally Say See Gymnastics Almost Dropped Know Because Without Want Public Then Create Start
How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics. Olga Korbut
You People World Somebody Eat Gymnastics Individual Like Know How How Many People Same Bread Them Many Each
Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me. Olga Korbut
Good Me You Woman Grace Competition Old Everything Kid More Good Shape Gymnastics Emotion Shape Feel Like Because Years Up Sixteen Your Show Elements
And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids. Olga Korbut
Future Woman Lost Think Kids More Small Gymnastics Adult Because Lot Than Ages Separate Show
I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal. Olga Korbut
Life Day You Every Day My Life Every Think Else All My Life Touch Something Something Else Gymnastics Split Road Like Supposed Because Go Goal Friends Wall Straight Far Fun
I feel great. I feel younger. And I don't feel anything at all. I don't know who knows, but right now I'm, how, how many years have I, fifty five, something like that. Forty three years old. And I feel like seventeen, like twenty five years ago. Olga Korbut
Great Old Three Seventeen Something Feel Like Know Knows How Years Years Ago Five Anything Younger Fifty Forty Who Many Twenty Twenty-Five Now Right
Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore. Olga Korbut
Live Nineteen Seventy Gymnastics Disappointed Because Friend Up Very Quit Six Anymore Anything Which Coach
Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing. Olga Korbut
God Good You Together Thank God First About Good Thing Know First Place Years Thank Forgot Anyway Place January Twenty Now Thing Things
With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your other life, which is constantly pulling you from your work. Paullina Simons
Life Work You Writing Live Other Constantly Consumed Because Forget Which Means Your Pulling
I wish I could spend six years writing one novel. Paullina Simons
Writing Wish Spend Could Years Six Novel
You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing! Paullina Simons
You Writing Care Mind About Rethink Nobody Stuff Know Audience Doing Going Then Should Your Keep
I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it. Paullina Simons
Life Great Think Way States Born Tend Because Optimist American Precisely American Way United United States
The so-called oligarchs have always had less influence than conventional wisdom attributed to them. Pyotr Aven
Wisdom Had Attributed Always Than Influence So-Called Conventional Conventional Wisdom Them Less
I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far we are from everything else in our solar system. This idea of distance started kind of haunting me. How do you go forth and accomplish things but not end up leaving everything you started out with in the dust? Regina Spektor
Me You Space Solar Dust Thinking Else Our Solar System Distance Everything Everything Else Those System Out Kind About Haunting Idea How How Far Leaving Go Been Accomplish Lot End Up Little Far Forth Things Started
I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful - there's no one that has all the answers. Regina Spektor
You Hate Wonderful Would Magic Something Could Throw No-One Call Read Answer Answers Hear Question Salinger Up Any Them Kafka If I Could Really Hemingway
This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song. Regina Spektor
Angry Me Song Fans Way Torn Die Wanna Different Want Apart Who Play
When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good. Regina Spektor
Music Good Day You Every Day Try Brilliant Own Every Something Write Crude Want Then Your Ever Thing Last Playing
I used to be such a militant city-ist, but more and more I've seen forests and nature and oceans, and I don't know any more if this is the awesomest way to live. Regina Spektor
Nature Seen Live Way More More And More Know Oceans Forests Any Used Militant
Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal experience to giant, far-away-from-space experience. Regina Spektor
Experience World Giant City Over Am Very Personal Going Maybe Personal Things Skipping Internal Things
I've done that kind of stuff in records, where you start going back and you want to just redo everything, destroy everything, because you think it all sucks and you can do it better. Regina Spektor
You You Can Do It Better Think Back Everything Destroy Kind Records Stuff Because Done Going Just Where Want Sucks Start
The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record. Regina Spektor
Single Final Record Only Pick Songs Masters Hand Get Artwork The Only Thing Them Producer Really Thing Basically
I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things. Regina Spektor
People Care Whatever Hell Those About Making dont Care Listen Just Want Just One Much Useful Things
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