"Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it."

-- Joan Benoit

#Running Quotes #Stronger Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“I'm truly grateful to all of the family. However I'm very sorry at the same time. I didn't make many appearances in 'Dream High.' I hope to show you all a better side of me next time.”
“I have to admit that Christina is goodâ€”though I donâ€™t like giving credit to Candor smart-mouthsâ€”and so is Peterâ€”though I donâ€™t like giving credit to future psychopaths.”
“We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are ***** for power and oil with hate and fear in our hearts”
“It is not, of course, the subject that is or isn't dull, but the quality of attention that we do or do not pay to it. Dull subjects are those we have failed.”

Source : William Matthews (1989). “Curiosities”, Univ of Michigan Pr
“I bet the pill is harder to get than drugs--which shows how screwed up this world really is!”
“Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information ... explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like.”

Source : "My stroke of insight". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.
“I don't care what you do. We all deal with it if we're living life, trying to find those moments where you can turn off your brain and connect to whatever and just be grounded, live in the moment, which I find really difficult but try to practice on a daily basis.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“There are so many people I wish I could have met:”

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