"Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly."

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Plutarch

#Uplifting Quotes #Adversity Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I work out with a trainer five days a week.”

Source : "Sucker Punch - Emily Browning interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“The malcontent is neither well, full nor fasting; and though he abounds with complaints, yet nothing dislikes him but the present; for what he condemns while it was, once passed, he magnifies and strives to recall it out of the jaw of time. What he hath he seeth not, his eyes are so taken up with what he wants; and what he sees he careth not for, because be cares so much for that which is not.”
“What fortune teller would ever have had the nerve to predict that the best years of my life would turn out to be my old age?”
“Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.”
“Why have a cake if I can`t eat it?”
“I was afraid of last place, ... There were a lot of fears. Below .500 - I never thought I'd see that here. Then, losing 100 games seemed like a possibility, then 90 games. All of those things could have been a reality here. The grave seemed like a reality here, but the guys didn't let it happen.”
“I'm not just considered a former child star. I'm not considered a black actress. I'm not considered an actress. I've done roles that were written for men. First and foremost, is God, I definitely believe in Him, having kind of mapped out what my destiny was going to be. Therefore, I wasn't just going to be put in just that one box or kept in that one place.”

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“In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.”

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