Misty Copeland Quotes

I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings and not always sure when or where I'd get my next meal.

Misty Copeland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1982

Topics

SleepingPoorCaliforniaAlwaysMeal

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

John B. S. Haldane

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I believe that the future of humans, and the future of Earth, depends on space exploration. That's not a French problem, or a problem for Alabama: it's a planet-wide problem. International cooperation is crucial.

John M. Grunsfeld

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The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

John Mason Brown

GoodBetterMoreSeen

The mistake, if I made one, in the late 1980s, was thinking I needed to change my game.

John McEnroe

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He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations of life.

Robert Redford

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The whole idea of having a free trade area when you have gyrating exchange rates doesn't make sense at all. It just spoils the effect of any kind of free trade agreement.

Robert Mundell

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I knew at five years old what I wanted to do for a living. I started reading newspapers and books out loud at a very young age. I was very focused on English and building my vocabulary.

Mauro Ranallo

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I have this thing I used to say at home and in the office: If somebody is calling, unless it's somebody who can fire me, I'll call them back later.

John Skipper

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Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

Roger Tory Peterson

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My Vegas act is how I make my money.

Rita Rudner

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I've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard ones - the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer.

Michelle Obama

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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

Joseph Addison

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