And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me.
'Deracine' is French for uprooting, or someone who's been displaced from their natural environment.
Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.
Where nationally televised news had been a once-nightly ritual, it has since grown into a 24-hour-a-day habit, available on channels devoted entirely and ceaselessly to its dissemination.
For many centuries Chinese society has been free of class distinctions such as are found even in advanced democracies.
There have been a lot of stories written about me, some of them fantastically distorted.
There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine.
An e-book distributor is not a publisher, but rather a purveyor of work that has already been created.
I love diving into the unknown. That's been my M.O. ever since I was a kid.
We've always been do-it-yourself. In that we've had complete control.
I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one.
My father has always been such a doer.
In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.
I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.
Dolphins football has been a lifetime passion for me.
Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven't been domesticated.
I've never had difficulty dominating any market I've been in.
My debut, 'Vicky Donor,' was when I was 27. If I was a star kid, it would've been 22. I don't think the difference of five years would've affected much.
