"The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through â€¦"

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Source : John Ashbery (1985). “A Wave: Poems”, p.16, Ardent Media

John Ashbery

#Years Quotes #Cake Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away.”

Source : Catherine Marshall (2002). “Dearest mother, dearest friend: Godly inspiration from the jounals and letters of Catherine Marshall”
“The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect.”

Source : "Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof : a Life in Letters and Documents". Book by Arshile Gorky, 2009.
“The best advice I could give is be yourself. Before I was on the American Idol show I made goals for myself. I said, "Who do I want to be, and what will I compromise, or won't I compromise?" And then, I stuck with that.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.”
“Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.”
“Fear drives away love. Without love, there is no surrender of all our inner cares and worries to the Mahanta (our inner guide).”
“The whole point of society is to be less unforgiving than nature.”
“I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing”

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