"Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool."

-- Michael Phelps

#Mom Quotes #School Quotes #Golf Quotes

“He, who loves praise, loves temptation.”
“Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.”

Source : "Vera Farmiga: 'I demand a lot from myself'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.
“An artist is a prophet and seer, not a paint craftsman or design maker, or reporter or entertainer... the artist has the superiorly searching perception with which that world outside of man's contamination can be penetrated and the truth drawn out from it.”
“Like a painter, a filmmaker should change their format, their support, despite their career they shouldn't be stuck in a system that is stuck in the past.”
“If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.”
“I'm forever gonna miss the start to the finish, the rush of racing downhill.”
“In spite of your fear, do what you have to do.”
“Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.”

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