"You're not born with a walk like that. You have to earn it."

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Source : Donna Ball (2009). “A Year on Ladybug Farm”, p.5, Penguin

Donna Ball

#Pride Quotes #Born Quotes #Walks Quotes

“Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.”
“... Andres Segovia literally created the genre of classical guitar, which hadn't existed before around 1910. There was flamenco, which he borrowed from, but he actually arranged the works of Mozart and other classical composers for guitar, something that had never been done before ... Segovias' style is not slick or contrived, but it's still very clean and his timing is impeccable ... it's got a feeling of casual elegance, as if he's sitting around the house in Spain with a jug of wine, just playing from the heart.”
“Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.”
“Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?”
“This point isâ€….â€….â€….â€…crucial,â€Â writes Dweck. â€œIn the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail â€” or if youâ€™re not the best â€” itâ€™s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what theyâ€™re doing regardless of the outcome.”
“Tofu tacos are not Mexican. I think putting tofu on anything and calling it Mexican is an insult to my people.”
“Allow your dog to take you for a walk every day. It's good for the body and it's good for the soul.”
“Our culture is teleological-it presumes purposive development and a conclusion.”

Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, 1989.

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