"Young people don't want to be second to anyone. Everyone wants to be an overnight star. Look how many years I had to wait, how many roads I had to travel, how many songs I had to sing. And now I'm just beginning, never ending."

-- Compay Segundo

#Song Quotes #Stars Quotes #Years Quotes

“I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.”
“Many of my short fictions use theatre as a metaphor for situations in which characters find themselves estranged from the larger, uncontrollable world that may or may not lie beyond the proscenium arch.”
“God always helps madmen, lovers, and drunkards.”

Source : "Heptaméron". Book by Marguerite de Navarre, Novel XXXVIII, 1558.
“Youâ€™re going to tell me that last night shouldnâ€™t have happened.â€ No. Iâ€™m glad it happened. For too long, Iâ€™ve been telling myself that I could spend all this time with yo and flirt with you and not have it mean anything. It does mean something. You mean something to me. But Iâ€™m not in love with you.”
“Ideas and art are the possibility of an answer tomorrow.”
“Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife.”
“Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.”
“Erase from your mind that your preparation must be perfect. Hard work + dedication = a shot at your dreams. Keep believing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Aug 01, 2013

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