"I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up"

-- Michael Phelps

#Sports Quotes #Rap Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Sometimes a shock to the system is a good thing, you know? Like a reminder that you're alive.”

Source : Jessi Kirby (2014). “Golden”, p.107, Simon and Schuster
“Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution. It is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree about everything. Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem. When we focus on reconciliation, the problem loses significance and often becomes irrelevant.”
“I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was lucky to be in a household where whatever I wanted to do was supported and my music was always such a natural part of me, and I was never told that I couldn't do it. So I've always been able to follow my heart and my instincts and what I love, that being my art. And I know that not everybody really has that chance or that environment, the same one that I did, so I kind of want to help in any way that I can.”
“There's no escape. I'm God's only man.”

Source : "Fictional character: Travis Bickle". "Taxi Driver", www.imdb.com. 1976.
“I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.”

Source : "John Belushi honoured 30 years after death". www.telegraph.co.uk. March 05, 2012.
“Every experience is an opportunity to encounter the Divine.”
“The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.”

Source : Sri Aurobindo, Aurobindo Ghose (1993). “The Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of Practice”, p.352, Lotus Press

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