“I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.” PeopleDifferentHappensBitsGrowing UpGrowingSucceedToolsIncrediblesPrivilegeRussiaThings HappenRealisingLooking BackMake Things HappenDifferent Life Author:Natalia Vodianova
“I had no idea what I was walking into, and the years and years of hard work it would take. I felt like an outsider and like it was never going to happen. But even if I would have known, I think I still would have done it. Dancers are perfectionists, and that's what keeps us going and growing.” IfsThinkingYearsStillsIdeasHardDoneHappensFeltKnownGrowingHard WorkWalkingNo IdeaDancerWorking ItOutsidersPerfectionist Author:Misty Copeland
“Physically, I have to get a lot better, ... I have to play these three setters and the points are going to go on and on. This is not something that is going to happen overnight. I am only 18 and this is going to take time. My body is still growing and I'm still adjusting to my own body.” StillsPlayBodyHappensThreeMy OwnGrowingGoes OnTake TimeAdjusting Author:Maria Sharapova
“It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or the caucus of the party which happens to be in the majority, the absolute dictator of the financial and business affairs of this country. This scheme surpasses all the centralism and all the Caesarism that were ever charged upon the Republican party in the wildest days of the war or in the events growing out of the war.” WarCountryStatesHappensHouseUnitedPartyUnited StatesGrowingEventsRepublicanPaperAbsolutesMajorityAffairFinancialSenateRepresentativesDictatorSchemesRepublican PartyTreasuryHouse Of RepresentativesCaucusPaper Money Author:James A. Garfield
“After any disturbance (such as two world wars coinciding with a period of growing economic and monetary incomprehensibility) we find our old concepts inadequate and look for new ones. But it unfortunately happens that the troubled times which produce an appetite for new ideas are the least propitious for clear thinking.” ThinkingWorldLooksTwoIdeasWarHappensClearGrowingEconomicProducePeriodsConceptsWar Of The WorldsAppetiteNew IdeasInadequateMonetaryDisturbanceTwo WorldsClear ThinkingTroubled Times Author:Rebecca West
“To avoid having bad things happen, learning to manage your anger and to actually share how you really feel about something, and get it behind you is one of the most important aspects of growing up.” FeelsImportantHappensBehindsGrowing UpGrowingShareAspectThings HappenManageBad ThingsBehind YouBad Things Happen Author:William J. Clinton