"The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you."

-- Stephanie Perkins

#Acceptance Quotes #Upset Quotes #Want Quotes

“Constant Penelope sends to thee, careless Ulysses. Write not again, but come, sweet mate”
“As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me.”

Source : Bayard Taylor (2015). “The Lands of the Saracen: Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain”, p.67, The Floating Press
“It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due.”
“I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage.”
“My words are the garment of what I shall never be Like the tucked sleeve of a one-armed boy.”
“I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost”
“The majority of the things that I do, I'm actually afraid to do, but you just have to have a positive attitude and block out any fears that you have.”

Source : "U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team: Everything You Didn't Know" by Kevin Dolak, abcnews.go.com. August 2, 2012.
“Gee, You're so Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty to be taught in high school, so kids will learn that God lives like music in the skin and sounds like a sunshine harpsicord. I want high school report cards to look like this: Playing with Gentle Glass Things A Computer Magic A Writing Letters to Those You Love A Finding out about Fish A Marcia's Long Blonde Beauty A+!”

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