"They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice."

-- Donald O'Connor

#Courage Quotes #Horse Quotes #Practice Quotes

“Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.”

Source : Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”
“Why do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!'”
“I was practically born and raised at 20th Century Fox studio, started to work there selling papers when I was around seven years old, and every summer vacation from school I would work in a various department at the studio. So I was an old-timer when I was 15.”

Source : "Richard Zanuck: 'Chocolate Factory' and Beyond". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. July 11, 2005.
“If you would be a leader of men you must lead your own generation, not the next. Your playing must be good now, while the play ison the boards and the audience in the seats.... It will not get you the repute of a good actor to have excellencies discovered in you afterwards.”
“I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just dont understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.”

Source : "Sophie Hannah: 'I love being thought of firmly as a crime writer. I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction'". Interview with Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2014.
“Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to “SNL” was his “Best Of” VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements, and engage with the audience.”

Source : "Taran Killam Tells Us About The New ‘SNL’ Season: ‘It’s Such A Positive Energy’". Interview with Ross Luippold, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2013.
“Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.”
“On your 60th, here's something philosophical To give the old grey matter a stir How old would you be If you didn't know how old you were?”

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