"I had to think about ankle torsion, where the screws are on the ski, how that affects the forces going into the ski and how the ski bends, your leverage points. It was a challenge. I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing."

-- Bode Miller

#Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.”
“Yet little by little, I was also becoming the girl who was learning to live with this, all of it, letting it weave together with everything else, the good and the bad, as life moved forward, because thats what life did, regardless of whether we were ready for it or not.”

Source : Donna Freitas (2011). “The Survival Kit”, p.344, Macmillan
“Once you have sold a customer, make sure he is satisfied with your goods. Stay with him until the goods are used up or worn out. Your product may be of such long life that you will never sell him again, but he will sell you and your product to his friends.”
“Look upon me, Mistress. Watch as I wither!”
“You can have examples of reasons to hate people, but if you analyze those reasons it's like, Oh, I'm hating that person based on one thing they did, but I don't actually know them well enough to hate them.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“I don't like to put tags on my music. I leave that to others. Seems like some people see me as the founder of "space disco", although that's a bit weird since there were lots of music from the late 70s and early 80s that easily fits into this genre. I can understand why we need genres, but I don't feel comfortable using any on my own music.”

Source : Interview with Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. September 29, 2008.
“We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're capable of very decent things: love, loyalty. When time is running out, they don't care about possessions or status. They want to put things right if they've done wrong.”
“I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.”

Source : "Comedian Flip Wilson Dies at 64". Associated Press, quoting the 1971 year interview, www.bobbydarin.net. November 25, 1998.

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