#ski

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled. ↗

— Misty May-Treanor

#i #known #little #more #nice

Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and their skills and their crafts... and now we are, so we're out there, just like the guys. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#crafts #feel #guys #just #like

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#just #just one #life #little #look

It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it. ↗

— Brandon Thomas

#any #asking #going #just #metal

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#asking #being #even #existence #hurt

The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I'm not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#any #described #dramatic #i #i write

It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#activity #asking #brain #degrees #electrical

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?" ↗

— Brian Tracy

#asking #help #help others #looking #me

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#bicycle #improve #learn #life #like

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#ambition #been #boxing #defense #gibbons