"A win's a win, unless it is not a win, and then it's not a win."

-- Venus Williams

#Winning Quotes #Tennis Quotes

“To best serve the public happiness, government shouldn't do things it cannot do well - anymore than Wal-Mart should provide goods and services that people don't like.”
“Be willing to let go of who you are, to become who you might be”
“I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.”

Source : "Live From Sundance: A GQ&A with Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Olsen". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. January 24, 2012.
“Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.”
“Imperishable moments and immortal deeds, death itself and love stronger than death, will be as though they had never been. The energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed and the earth tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for the moment disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish. The uneasy consciousness, which in this obscure corner has for a brief space broken the contented silence of the universe, will be at rest.”
“Silly humans. Banging on a tub to make a bear dance when we would move the stars to pity.”

Source : Michael Cunningham (2010). “By Nightfall: A Novel”, p.198, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“To apply poetic license or to apply incorrect arrangements requires the idea or the understanding of correct arrangements - becoming an expert of the conventions of correct arrangements in order to misplace them. In other words, misplacing things with the understanding, or even the mastery, of normalcy is actually quite poetic. These are rule-based operations.”
“In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because theyâ€™re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didnâ€™t see coming.”

Source : Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc

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