"Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation."

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Source : Marie Bashkirtseff (1919). “Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884”

Marie Bashkirtseff

#Reality Quotes #Anticipation Quotes

“You know what it was like? It was like thinking I was heading to a surprise party and instead it was a surprise pap smear.”
“It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always.”
“For some reason in Spring Training, everything just clicked. You don't try to do anything in Spring Training but get ready, but things fell into place.”
“My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.”
“Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine.”
“In a society of ideological believers, nothing is more ridiculous than the individual who doubts and does not conform.”
“The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits.”
“It’s believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.”

Source : "Living beyond limits". TED conference, www.ted.com. May 2011.

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