"The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things."

-- Mike Dooley

#Inspirational Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Insperational Quotes

“I have always been able to rise above the expectations.”
“Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened.”
“If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.”
“When you fight, you don't fight for abstract values like the flag, or the nation, or democracy. You fight for your buddy. You fight to keep him alive, and he fights to keep you alive, and you go on that way, day after day, battle after battle. And when one of your buddies dies, something inside you dies as well. But you go on. You fight, so that his death isn't meaningless, his sacrifice isn't for nothing.”

Source : Richard Marcinko (2010). “Red Cell”, p.323, Simon and Schuster
“Life happens. Love happens. You gotta take some chances.”
“Some objects and events may be photographed, others, if one is to render their true quality, should be painted or set to music, since their essence is more faithfully reproduced through imagination than by the journalistic report.”

Source : Ilka Chase (1951). “New York 22: that district of the City which lies between Fiftieth and Sixtieth Streets, Fifth Avenue, and the East River”
“Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.”
“Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands of books, and even worked in publishing for 10 years. Who knew that nursing would be my break?”

Source : "How to Make a Bed" by Steven Amsterdam, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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