"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally"

-- Michael Phelps

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“You'd think is something one would grow out of. But you grow into it. The more you do, the more you realize how painfully easy it is to be lousy and how very difficult to be good.”
“It is really amazing to be able to do cinematic, big feature style film music on a weekly basis and do it in LA, on a big scoring stage, on a studio lot, and do it with the right players and make it sound great.”
“Never be afraid of failure or disappointment, because those are just temporary experiences on the path to your dreams coming true”

Source : FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Jan 21, 2015
“I was raised in Brooklyn, and I lived there for 59 years.”
“The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.”
“Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.”

Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.8, Penguin
“Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.”

Source : Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.316, Bantam
“Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.”

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