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Quotes by Ukrainian Authors
"The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen."
"If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do."
"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."
"Have the courage to love yourself like you always wished someone would."
"Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses."
"To extend compassion to a so-called villain, to forgive those who have wronged you, and to find common ground with someone who has been awfully isolated are not acts typically met with fireworks and swelling violins. More often than not, they are pushed away. To love, really love, is to do them anyway."
"There are few things more powerful than people united. What they unite over is not what matters. ... The most important aspect is remembering our existing connection, and, through that, allowing ourselves to feel at peace."
"Obviously, I have a lot of memories here... but at the same time I'm going to put all my energies into moving forward and doing my best for the Thrashers."
"To liberate yourself from your own self-judgment is to liberate others from it as well. To love yourself is an act of love for the world."
"Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn't got the facilities to develop colored film."
"The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction."
"We throw away real people searching for the "perfect" person the same way that we throw ourselves away searching for our "perfect" self."
"People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!"
"Fall open. Break open. Sit with others' openness. Let love be your medicine."
"Sometimes the most important conversation we can have is with the waves of the ocean or the dewdrops on a blade of grass. Sometimes the easiest way to love yourself is to realize that you are all these things. You are everything you've ever loved."
"Leave your hair natural. Let your beard grow out. Leave the makeup in the bag. Wear comfortable clothes. Stop worrying so much about your looks and start looking around you. You have missed so much beauty trying to become beautiful. You have missed your own worth trying to become worthy. Let the mask break open. Let it lie on the floor. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself see."
"When we can see our own self, angry and hurting others, within every villain, then we can love. When we can see our own desperate struggle for belonging in the eyes of every enemy, then we can love. When we can look at the greatest of atrocities and see the opportunity for healing within, then, and only then, can we really love."
"The more you've struggled, the more inspiring your story will be when you come out the other side. Do not give up. Today's struggle brings tomorrow's wisdom."
"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."
"Watch your thoughts, for they will become the words of people you draw to yourself."
"We can only discover our true strength through struggle. Don't give up. Find out what you're made of."
"Do not settle for labels that presume you will never heal. Believe in yourself. Find a tribe who understands and believes in you too. Don't ever give up."
"To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all."
"There are few things more powerful than people united."
"The transformed person is a revolutionary only because he has revolutionized himself. He gives the people inspiration by holding up a mirror to their inner substance."
"If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job."
"You do not need any more strength. You only need to realize how strong you already are."
"Fear is just a misunderstanding of your immortality."
"Sometimes, to love people, I must completely avoid them. Sometimes, to be strong, I must completely fall apart. Sometimes, to create, I must completely destroy."
"If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always."
"And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results."
"We all dream of being exactly what we are " powerful, beautiful, and worthy."
"At the end of the day, we all crawl, exhausted, to some doorstep. Some crawl to the doorstep of their new home, the one they have sought for miles without giving up their goal, exhausted by their determination. And others crawl to the doorstep of their prison, the one they have sought to escape, but gave up, exhausted by their determination. And we all enter our new home with a sigh of relief and put our feet up. Some rejoice. Others grow bitter. And yet, we are tired just the same."
"It is so easy to forget the importance of emotional self-care. Especially when we have obvious symptoms of mental and physical illness. Emotions seem irrelevant, unrelated, invisible. But when we look at a giant oak tree, the seed that bore it is invisible too."
"Be kind to yourself. Remember that when you abuse yourself, you will experience the anger, regret, and apathy of the bully as well as the depression, anxiety, and insecurity of the victim. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself."
"I am happiest when I clear my mind and allow the world around me to reteach me what I thought I already knew."
"We are all searching for love, some at the bottom of a bottle, some at the casino, some in the eyes of a new lover. The more we search outside ourselves, we more desperate we become. We suffer not because love's unavailable, but because we are not looking in the right place."
"Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out."
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