"Id go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didnt have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to peoples standards."

-- Amanda Beard

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“As soon as you have good mechanical technology, you can make things like backhoes that can dig holes in the road. But of course a backhoe can knock your head off. But you don't want to not develop a backhoe because it can knock your head off, that would be regarded as silly.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.”

Source : Merce Cunningham, Jacqueline Lesschaeve (1985). “The Dancer and the Dance”, Marion Boyars
“Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.”
“When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?”
“People generally are more interested in my work when they get to know me. Serious collectors like to get not just a painting but a piece of the artist.”
“Sometimes you're lying to protect people in a way.”

Source : Source: variety.com
“Democracy in China is maybe like a democracy that is separated, distributed. But in the West, maybe it's something you go to the supermarket to buy.”
“The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.”

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