#nin

If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes. ↗

— Michelangelo

#beauty #day #end #eyes #flame

I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish. ↗

— Masaharu Morimoto

#been #color #consider #fish #how

I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#finally #i #love #now #running

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#games #i #image #like #looked

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#day #days #doing #extra #fitness

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#black #candidate #come #i #life

I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#before #better #deal #ever #expecting

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #choice #clear #closely

I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#connor #court #day #first #got

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#base #building #campaign #goal #grass-roots