Conservatoire Lyon Quotes & Sayings

A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun. — John Lancaster Spalding

Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate ... It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives. — Alexis Carrel

I knew what my times were and how my practices were progressing and how close I was to the goals I had set for the year. I swam hard. I always swam hard. If I didn't, I knew I would pay for it either the next day or the next meet. — Debbie Meyer

Contemplative love seeks a heroic deed that can be accomplished without delay and in full view of everyone. Indeed, some people are even ready to lay down their lives as long as the process is not long drawn out but takes place quickly, as though it were being staged for everybody to watch and applaud. Active love, on the other hand, is unremitting hard work and tenacity, and for some it is a veritable science. But — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

This seems charmingly paradoxical: scientists seek one truth but often voice many opinions; journalists often speak of many truths while voicing a uniform view. — Christopher Essex

Barbara had really missed her calling. She should have been a gynecologist. Nothing pleased her more than having her face between another woman's legs. — Elysia N. Fields

You have to take chances. — Matt Sorum

If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience. — Aimee Mullins