"You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it."

-- Allyson Felix

#Sports Quotes #Wish Quotes #Permit Quotes

“when someone you love dies, he becomes your enemy; he fights you tooth and nail from a hidden position; he successfully raids what small provisions you have gathered to keep yourself going.”
“It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.”

Source : Matthew McConaughey's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 2, 2014.
“Another way to put an end to self-rejection is ask yourself whether what you're telling yourself is what a friend would say, or what an enemy would. Friends are supportive. Enemies put us down and undermine our confidence. So if you say something that an enemy would say, stop. Answer back, 'I'm going to be supportive of myself. As a friend, what I have to say to myself is . . .' Then say something supportive.”

Source : Mira Kirshenbaum (2005). “Everything Happens for a Reason: Finding the True Meaning of the Events in Our Lives”, p.87, Harmony
“Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions of adults who emerge from this private geography.”
“Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.”
“My main focus is to try to give myself time to heal...Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.”
“In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.”
“Make a commitment today to something bigger and more important than yourself.”

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