#be

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball. ↗

— Pete Rose

#back #baseball #bed #every #every night

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game. ↗

— Pete Rose

#always #batting #battling #because #bob

Our profile was pretty low, deliberately so. Our constituents were a relatively small audience. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#constituents #deliberately #low #our #pretty

I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon. ↗

— Diana Ross

#being #getting #i #icon #out

The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright owners and copyright users. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#balance #between #consistent #copyright #courts

I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. They're out of my life in one way or another. ↗

— Michael Rosenbaum

#betray #everyone #friend #i #life

Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it’ll be her wings not her face that’ll make my mouth fall open. I’ve already seen the prettiest face that ever could be. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#beauty #love #beauty

Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying not to cry and the tears are blurring your vision. Sing, even when people stare at you and tell you your voice is crappy. Trust, even when your heart begs you not to. Twirl, even when your mind makes no sense of what you see. Frolick, even when you are made fun of. Kiss, even when others are watching. Sleep, even when you're afraid of what the dreams might bring. Run, even when it feels like you can't run any more. And, always, remember, even when the memories pinch your heart. Because the pain of all your experience is what makes you the person you are now. And without your experience---you are an empty page, a blank notebook, a missing lyric. What makes you brave is your willingness to live through your terrible life and hold your head up high the next day. So don't live life in fear. Because you are stronger now, after all the crap has happened, than you ever were back before it started. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#brave #cry #frolick #heart #kiss

Believing himself to be unseen by other bathers, he gave himself up to being alone with his body. He wriggled his toes, breathed hard through his nose, twisted his brown moustache where some drops of water still clung, and looked himself critically all over. The scrutiny seemed to satisfy him, as well as it might. I, whose only acquaintance was with bodies and minds developing, was suddenly confronted by maturity in its most undeniable form; and I wondered, what must it feel like to be him, master of those limbs which have passed beyond the need of gym and playing field, and exist for their own beauty and strength? What can they do, I thought, to be conscious of themselves? ↗

— L.P. Hartley

#discovery #beauty

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#belittle #hate #him #i #making