So I had to change my mental outlook from, ‘wow, this is Lee Haney, the icon we are all trying to aspire to,’ to, ‘this is the guy I am trying to beat.’ I thought, ‘I can’t be in awe of this guy because, if that is your attitude then you’re not going to have much chance of winning.’ Dorian Yates Read Quote
Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without. Walter Pater Read Quote
You want people to buy you as just about anything. So if they think that you’re one thing, it’s hard to slip into, you know, all these other things. Rachel McAdams Read Quote
I think it’s important to understand the concrete ways things work and to respect that. But some things shouldn’t be explained, and you have to respect that, too. Astrid Berges-Frisbey Read Quote
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling. Henry David Thoreau Read Quote
I’ve just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn’t a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She’s one of those life-affirming characters. Sophie Thompson Read Quote
