"When you see the body outside of a costume and see the strength that it takes, people would look at dance a different way and see how athletic it is. You're not just born like that."

-- Misty Copeland

#People Quotes #Athletic Quotes #Different Quotes

“These poems possess intelligence, erudition, gravitas and urgency. Serious and moving in voice and ambition, this passionately lyrical and articulate work reminds me very much of the capacious, fierce and intelligent work of Adrienne Rich.”
“Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist.”
“Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention.”
“I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a day.”
“Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.”
“If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it, play devil's advocate, and so on. It doesn't occur to them that they might help or get enthused or at least have the courtesy to get out of your way.”
“If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.”
“I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.”

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