"The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean anything to me, until I was older and could look back on it."

-- Misty Copeland

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“So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda.”
“Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole; But what were that intrinsic virtue worth, Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge, Fresh from St. Andrew's College, Should nail the conscious needle to the north?”
“The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote over us, to re-create us in their history-based understanding, and dismiss our present lives as archaic and irrelevant to the times.”

Source : Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.125, Open Road Media
“I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.”
“A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.”
“A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.”
“It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.”
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.”

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