Country, Now Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989. - Nadia Comaneci
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. - Nadia Comaneci
You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people. - Nadia Comaneci
I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends. - Nadia Comaneci
I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. - Nadia Comaneci
We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests. - Nadia Comaneci
I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny. - Orlando Jones
Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child. It's now gotten very limited. They only make action movies and hard-core exploitation movies. Women get raped; men get shot. - Jessica Hagedorn
In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical. - John Linder
Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism. - Stokely Carmichael
To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. - William Odom
The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill. - Jon Huntsman, Jr.