"I celebrate myself," the poet Walt Whitman wrote. The thought is so delicious it is almost obscene. Imagine the joy that would come with celebrating the self â€” our achievements, our experiences, our existence. Imagine what it would be like to look into the mirror and say, as God taught us, "That's good."

-- Joan D. Chittister

#Self Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.”

Source : Richard Wilbur's National Book Award Acceptance Speech for the poetry award for "Things of This World", www.nationalbook.org. 1957.
“Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.”
“It's like being at a theme park every time you go to a training session”
“Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!”
“I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.”
“Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.”
“People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.4, Ballantine Books

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