#chi

It's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about them much. For a long time, you think this is just something adults still do after being kids - pretend. Then one day you wake up and realize most of the world you're in is built on someone's make-believe. ↗

— V.C. Andrews

#funny

The more you dream the more you achieve. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#dream #more #you

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#china #claimed #e-mail #get #girl

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#airplane #anthem #because #being #blocks

I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little children jump up and down and run around yelling and screaming. They don't know I'm only using blanks. ↗

— Emo Philips

#blanks #children #down #go #i

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks. ↗

— Emo Philips

#children #down #firing #go #i

Whatever happened to the good ole days, when children worked in factories? ↗

— Emo Philips

#days #factories #good #happened #ole

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#four #lifetime #like #me #paint

I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#child #child actors #completely #get #i

My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#children #just #parents #raising #searching