"I feel I have proved myself just as much as everybody else does. I usually don't think about the past too much. I just try to perform the routines I have been practicing."

-- Jordyn Wieber

#Thinking Quotes #Past Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Peace in its real sense can never be achieved by military measures or technical fixes... It is high time for us to focus our attention on the real problems which are threatening all of us - in fact, life on this planet.”

Source : Hans-Peter Durr's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 1987.
“I don't know why, but women in a hair salon share their deepest secrets.”
“There were some particular themes that I knew I wanted to hit, and when I got deeper into the project I found that it was becoming serious in and on its own. By the end, it's not very funny at all. I think, now, that part of the power of the book is that the jokes are kind of sparkly distractions.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“The artist works with a concentration of his whole personality, and the conscious part of it resolves conflicts, organized memories, and prevents him from trying to walk in two directions at the same time.”
“As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.”
“When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest of sights to him who has the eye to contemplate the vision.”
“Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.”
“Nick is like a good stiff drink: He gives everything the correct perspective.”

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