"I'm focused now, definitely. I absolutely need to show everyone that I'm powerful and strong and can be graceful and artistic, too."

-- Aly Raisman

#Strong Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Needs Quotes

“As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can be made fun of.”
“TV's not the same buzz. If someone tells you three million people watched the show last week, that's good but, when you walk out in front of 1,000, you think, 'Oh my God, this had better be good'.”
“If you cut off your arm instead of going 'spurt, spurt, spurt' wouldn't it, like, go nuts? Or would it go with the beat of your heart?”
“Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him.”
“The entire 'my art is better than your art' thing really gets under my skin. The fact of the matter is: Your art IS better than my art... at being what it is. So what? It just so happens that my art is better than your art, at being what it is.”
“I've probably tried every fad diet in the world.”

Source : "Jenna Aks: Have You Ever Tried A Fad Diet?" by Jenna Ushkowitz, www.seventeen.com. January 30, 2012.
“We hold our tongues in check because if they are undisciplined they empty the soul of the strength of heavenly grace, and weaken its healthful vigour.”

Source : Peter Damian (2013). “Spiritual Precepts”, p.53, Lulu Press, Inc
“Every atom in me feels composed of lead. This is what dying is: a pull to the ground.”

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