"Just as a child, before I ever knew what ballet was, there was something in me where I was always searching for something structured, something that was bigger than me, and something so historical that I could be a part of. I didn't find that until I stepped into the ballet world, and it was overwhelming, the feeling of being a part of something that's bigger than you."

-- Misty Copeland

#Children Quotes #Ballet Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”

Source : "Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia". Book by Jacob Morton Braude (p. 601), 1962.
“More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.”
“A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.”
“If every husband and every wife would constantly do whatever might be possible to ensure the comfort and happiness of his or her companion, there would be very little, if any, divorce. Argument would never be heard. Accusations would never be leveled. Angry explosions would not occur. Rather, love and concern would replace abuse and meanness.”
“With the advent of spring and beginning of the new harvest season the creators of abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations and hopes.”
“Society does not need more children; but it does need more loved children. Quite literally, we cannot afford unloved children - but we pay heavily for them every day. There should not be the slightest communal concern when a woman elects to destroy the life of her thousandth-of-an-ounce embryo. But all society should rise up in alarm when it hears that a baby that is not wanted is about to be born.”
“Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I donâ€™t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lolo Jones from Aug 04, 2012
“Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or as we are conditioned to see it.”

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