"I havenâ€™t come from the typical path or background of someone who would make it to this level as a ballerina. When it came to my childhood-growing up in a single-parent home, often struggling financially-my mother definitely instilled in me and my siblings this strength, this will, to just continue to survive and succeed."

-- Misty Copeland

#Mother Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Sibling Quotes

“I lived by a bay for a while, and I shucked oysters. Some packing things. You know, just whatever odd job you can find whenever you're moving around. I never really cared much for the franchise kind of work, so I'd try to find things that I considered to be a little more honorable.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“One of the things that fascinated me about modeling was that you had the freedom to look any way you wanted.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Religion is not removed by removing superstition.”
“In small towns as well as large, good people outnumber bad people by 100 to 1. In big towns the 100 are nervous. But in small towns, it's the one.”
“...Let's get to the image as quickly as possible, let's get to the message even faster, and let's find the scale to knock you over the head with the image and the message.”
“Every thought is a cause & every condition is an effect. Change your thoughts & you change your destiny.”
“Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles.”
“I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.”

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