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Kimmie Meissner
Kimmie Meissner

Kimmie Meissner is a retired American figure skater who achieved remarkable success on the international stage. Born on October 4, 1989, she is celebrated for her silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Meissner's career was defined by her refined skating style and technical expertise. more

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“Each of us carries around those growing up places, the institutions, a sort of backdrop, a stage set. So often we act out the present against the backdrop of the past, within a frame of perception that is so familiar, so safe that is is terrifying to risk changing it even when we know our perceptions are distorted, limited, constricted by that old view.”

“Literature is the best way to overcome death. My father, as I said, is an actor. He's the happiest man on earth when he's performing, but when the show is over, he's sad and troubled. I wish he could live in the eternal present, because in the theater everything remains in memories and photographs. Literature, on the other hand, allows you to live in the present and to remain in the pantheon of the future. Literature is a way to say, I was here, this is what I thought, this is what I perceived. This is my signature, this is my name.”