"I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people happy. If somebody skates to earn money, I don't care. I skate for the people. Besides, it's pleasant to supply Russia with gold medals."

-- Evgeni Plushenko

#Bad Ass Quotes #Men Quotes #Russia Quotes

“As I loosen my grip on the past, as I keep taking one small step after another in the direction I want to go, I discover I'm being supported and guided after all, and that as soon as I'm willing to embrace change, something or someone comes along and shows me how. Â Magic wasn't something I had to go in search of; it was here within me, all the time. When hearts are open, when love is flowing, magic happens.”

Source : Katrina Kenison (2013). “Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment”, p.153, Hachette UK
“The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to fully understand. If someone wants to place the word 'God' on those collections of words, it's OK with me.”
“If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.”
“Myriads of individuals, each one unique, live out their lives in rapt intercourse with one another, contribute their heart's pulses to the universal music, and presently vanish, giving place to others. All this age-long sequence of private living, which is the actual tissue of humanity's flesh, I cannot describe. I can only trace, as it were, the disembodied form of its growth.”

Source : Olaf Stapledon (1931). “Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels”, p.211, Courier Corporation
“Life is good, when you live in such a way to make it so”
“When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.”
“Manâ€™s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.”
“Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.”

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