"Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself."

-- Shannon Miller

#Inspirational Quotes #Gymnastics Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off now than he was four years ago.”
“The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body - to feel it at all times. This will rapidly deepen and transform your life. The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher its vibrational frequency becomes.”
“I am not surprised that the President of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised that Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said that Benghazi happened 'a long time ago.' I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.”

Source : "Gowdy: Why Does the Media Not Care About Benghazi?". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 18, 2014.
“Strew your gladness on earth's bed, So be merry, so be dead.”

Source : Charles Hamilton Sorley (1978). “The poems and selected letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley”
“You may succeed in silencing me, but that silence comes at a price, you may succeed in silencing one man, but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life.”
“I feel like I get really stressed out sometimes. I just want someone to tell me, "Relax, it's all going to be okay." I think that's all we really need.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too.”

Source : Alastair Reynolds, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Baxter, Hannu Rajaniemi, Paul Graham Raven (2012). “Arc 1.1: The Future Always Wins”, p.39, Arc
“Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.”

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