Misty Copeland Quotes
Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
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A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
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I do things right. No shortcuts.
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Do all things with love.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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I don't watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that I'm choosing to watch.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
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My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'
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I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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I don't get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.
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I never felt like I wanted to have kids until I could be home and be a daddy, and those are the things that I didn't have.
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I really did love hockey. It was one of my favorite things to do.
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Greater things are believed of those who are absent.
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Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.
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I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa.
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Right at this moment, I only want silence. I believe that the end of life is silence in the love people have for you. I've actually been running through what people have said about the end. Religion says that the end is one thing, because it serves their purpose. But great thinkers alike haven't always agreed. Shakespeare knew how to say it better than anyone else. Hamlet says 'The rest is silence.' And when you think of the noises of everyday life, you realize how particularly desirable that is. Silence.
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There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much rather go back to Afghanistan - which fascinates me - quicker than I'd go back to spend a week walking around Nairobi, Kenya, which is a great and easy way to get yourself killed.
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A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.
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Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.
