"Weirdly, I was still trying to be the older brother, and trying to get him [ Tom Berninger] to try to be more like me a little bit. Or not be more like me but ... I was frustrated that he sometimes let things stop him in his life, and he let the wind get knocked out of his sails a few times."

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Source : "Matt and Tom Berninger: 'I don't have anything good on the National and I just have myself really drunk'". Interview with David Daley, www.salon.com. April 27, 2014.

Matt Berninger

#Brother Quotes #Wind Quotes #Frustrated Quotes

“I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it!”
“Coincidence is God's way of performing miracles anonymously.”

Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our L ives”, p.48, Penguin
“You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.”

Source : "The Importance of Sadness" by Susan Piver, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 17, 2011.
“Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. Always question yourself and your ability. Don't ever feel that you are very good. The second you do, you are dead.”
“I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.”
“Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss.”
“If you don't decide where you're going, life will decide for you.”
“An option hides where we don't want it to hide.”

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