"What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet."

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Source : "Washington Post's Graham Dies", www.wired.com. July 17, 2001.

Katharine Graham

#Eye Quotes #Feet Quotes #Ledges Quotes

“My soul is full of whispered song,-My blindness is my sight;The shadows that I feared so longAre full of life and light.”
“We live in a society in which it is normal to be sick; and sick to be abnormal.”
“Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes.”
“My earliest poems were a way of talking to somebody. I suppose to myself.”
“Realistically I know I'm an entertainer. When you're exciting, you're remembered.”
“We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly, the country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.”
“If I had a partner who asked when I was going to the gym or commented that I was eating too much or asked if I really needed an extra potato, that would make me feel awful. It would be terrible.”
“What loss is there in dignity, what worry is there of failure?”

Source : Liang Zhuge, Ji Liu (2005). “Mastering the Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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