Quotes 21-22, 2024

Literature taught me to be concerned about the moral life, in dance, too — how people behave toward one another, and what they take from and give to one another.
Joan Acocella,
dance and literature critic, writer
1945-2024
 
 
 
 
There’s really no point in asking what if? The only question worth asking is: what’s next?
Elton John,
singer, songwriter, pianist
 
 
 
 
We all make mistakes, don’t we? But if you can’t forgive yourself, you’ll always be an exile in your own life.
Curtis Sittenfeld,
writer
 
 
 
 
“You are perfectly cast in your life. I can’t imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda
 
 
 
 
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
Muhammad Ali
 
 
 
 
“I did not realize I had made history until I read it in the paper the next day.”
Willie O’Ree
 
 
 
 
“Failure is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign that you are alive and growing.”
Buzz Aldrin
 
 
 
 
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”
Francis Bacon
 
 
 
 
Reminder:
Big things are best said, are almost always said, in small words.
Peggy Noonan