“To be able to do it in the warmth and - of the White House and to do it around people who do care about my kids in a country that has been respectful of my children and their privacy, it has been less stressful than I would have imagined for me.”
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Calm Quotes — page 273 of 276
“I am a sleeper. When you wake up at 4:30 in the morning to do a workout, you're sleepy at 8 in the evening. By 10 o'clock at the latest, I'm in bed.”
“People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions, particularly when you're the First Lady; you're representing the nation. I've tried to be at peace with the choices that I make first, and then be open to everyone else's reflection.”
“Every morning I stand on my head and do a yoga workout.”
“Wine taken in moderation never does any harm.”
“All I know is that so long I am asleep I am rid of all fears and hopes and toils and glory, and long live the man who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thirst.”
“Digo, paciencia y barajar. What I say is, patience, and shuffle the cards.”
“there is no need to justify what we are. there is no need to work hard to become what we are not. we just need to return to our intergrity, to the way we were before we learned to speak. perfect. as little children, we are authentic. only the present time is real for us; wo don't care about the past, and we aren't worried about the future. we enjoy life; we want to explore and have fun. nobody teaches us to be that way; we are born that way.”
“He who has the judge for his father goes into court with an easy mind.”
“Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for the first lasted him from night to morning, indicating a sound body and a mind free from care; but his master, being unable to sleep himself awakened him, saying, "I am amazed, Sancho, at the torpor of thy soul; it seems as if thou wert made of marble or brass, insensible of emotion or sentiment!”
“In the world of highways, a beautiful landscape means: an island of beauty connected by a long line with other islands of beauty.”
“Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.”
“[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.”
“There are some things I like about L.A. You can have a really healthy lifestyle, and I love running with the dogs on the beach. It's just the social scene is horrific!”
“If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike.”
“I'm not digging tunnels, I'm not building buildings. My work is not hard, my work is refreshing, my work is pleasant. The more the better. Lying around and getting no job is debilitating.”
“I go on vacation strictly to relax - to kick back with a good book and do nothing else but read, sleep and eat.”
“I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven”
“I had only immediate things today, only today, not tomorrow. I don't know what will happen tomorrow. Today I can see myself like crystal.”
“And all Niki really has to do now is coast”