"The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the same time. Weightless yet stronger."

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Source : Leanne Shapton (2012). “Swimming Studies”, p.188, Penguin

Leanne Shapton

#Swimming Quotes #Stronger Quotes #Body Quotes

“Testosterone overload?" Merinus gave an unladylike grunt. "More like ***** overload if you ask me.”
“You say 'believe in your dreams', I say that I believe in YOU.”
“I think its good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.”
“As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually I participate in all these kinds of lives.”

Source : Emil Nolde, Werner Haftmann (1959). “Emil Nolde”
“Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking in Swahili and you wouldn't know.”

Source : "This much I know: Toby Stephens" by Emma John, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2010.
“I am an atheist, thanks be to God.”
“You can blow the world to pieces, but you can't blow the world to peace.”
“It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.”

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