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After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America. ”
From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important. ”
I won the speech competition in class, and I always say this was my first 'spoken word performance.' It was the first time I got on stage and recited something. I fell in love with the stage at the age of 12. ”
In a strange way, Louise Erdrich is perhaps our least famous great American writer; she is not reclusive, but she is reticent, and her public appearances give the impression of a carefully controlled performance. But Erdrich has also shared many of her most intimate emotions and experiences, in some form, in her novels. ”
There's no comparison to competition. You can't tell yourself truly where you're at unless you compete in competition. ”
I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance. ”
I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be even more than that. ”
I'm just worried about winning and making my teammates better and getting better. ”
I'm always going to be about winning. ”
I think everybody needs to think about making plays for the team, making winning plays, before thinking about how many points we're going to score and stuff like that. ”