"The fact that I was African American was never addressed, and that allowed me to just be a student, like anyone else. I was not aware of how rare it was to be an African American, how rare it was to have four years of training under my belt, and how, even though I could imitate people and fake it, unprepared I was to become a professional."

-- Misty Copeland

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Fake Quotes

“I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.”
“So, I mean to say, as for those who are proving their allegiance with what I would call sickening perseverance, and who are urging the president to brush away the constitution, those I would like to remind of a Russian proverb: "Don't spit into the well, it'll come in handy once you're thirsty.”
“I'm not really into vinyl. There's something about that raw, birth of rock and roll feel that makes me crazy.”
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
“The circle of divine love has not remained closed.”
“Age considers; youth ventures.”
“Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
“Nature imitates mathematics.”

Source : Gian-Carlo Rota (2009). “Indiscrete Thoughts”, p.213, Springer Science & Business Media

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