"When you first try to learn to ride a bike, you work very carefully at keeping your balance, and trying to keep one pedal in front of the other, and all that, and all of a sudden, ah, you know, I got it. And that's true of skiing, or it's true of all kinds of things."

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Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com

Darold Treffert

#Balance Quotes #Trying Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I studied law before I became a filmmaker, and I actually have a great belief in the justice system and the rule of law. I think it's the thing that separates us from animals. I really believe in the rule of law because it's an attempt to bring rational accountability to human behavior, which has a great capability of becoming irrational.”
“I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kate Walsh from Mar 18, 2013
“This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France. Twelve people were killed because a satirical newspaper made jokes that some group found offensive. All of us are accustomed to bad news from around the world. But this story hits home for anybody who mocks anyone.”
“Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around.”
“I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.”
“Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform.”

Source : Jerome Groopman (2003). “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness”, p.7, Random House
“Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!”
“When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.”

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