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“For me I tried to not keep a low profile but I was training in a different country as I prepared for Sydney because I had such a realistic gold medal shot. I just wanted to stay focused and not get caught up in all of the hullabaloo and all of press prior to it.”

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Halle Berry's style is simple and elegant.

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I love herbal teas and have quite a collection.

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The initial feelings when you step into the Olympic arena representing your country, your community, representing yourself can be really overwhelming.

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I have this one room - it has a TV, a sofa, some candles. I close the door, sit down and lose myself.

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Growing up in a terraced house in Wolverhampton, just me and my mum, I don't know where I got my love of sport from.

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I love 'I'm A Celebrity...' and those kinds of things. But sometimes I find reality stuff a bit distasteful.

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Sydney has such a cosmopolitan feel to it. The food is great and Australians are so friendly.

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I'm a soul and R'n'B kind of girl.

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Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is other currency. Most countries hold reserves and the reserves are other currencies. If you are a backing up the euro with the dollar, what's backing up the dollar? I don't think it is going to go…

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That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no…

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