“I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended between hope for nothing and despair of everything, brought up among perfumes and poisons, consumed with love and hatred, killed by lights and shadows. My symbol is death of light and the flame of death. Sparks die in me only to be reborn as thunder and lightning. Darkness itself glows in me.” LightDiesDarknessGrowingDyingDespairIllusionShadowHatredSymbolsFlamesBeastPoisonSparksInfinityLightningPerfumeThunderConsumedSuspendedRebornLight And ShadowContractingHatred And LoveThunder And Lightning Author:Emile M. Cioran
“If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.” IfsSelfHelpingMovingAsksFearProjectsOvercomingRaisesAssertivenessMoving OutWithdrawingContracting Book:Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality Source: Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality
“It's not just the light weights that give a long toned look with the Tracy Anderson Method, it's using the body in different rotations while contracting and releasing the muscle, causing it to stretch and lengthen.” GivingLooksLongDifferentBodyLightWeightMethodMusclesRotationTracyContracting Author:Tracy Anderson
“It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.” NeedsHelpingGovernmentJobsOpportunitySuccessfulAdviceAccessBeing SuccessfulSmall BusinessMentoringContracting Author:Karen Mills