#ay

Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#beijing #better #bit #finish #go

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#his #less #lovable #man #may

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day! ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#chinese #day #dress #got #i

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#after #away #being #body #comeback

I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#already #heart #i #know #none

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#cannot #care #fool #i #i care

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#arrives #pain #pleasure #way

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#commands #condemning #day #got #know

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#certain #deceive #dependable #experience #feign

The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#cast #designs #light #man #moves