"Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we've survived so far doing what we've done, why risk it."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Philippa Perry

#Letting Go Quotes #Swings Quotes #Risk Quotes

“I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it part of my life. I usually can't write lyrics down, but I can sure tell that story. You've got to make people feel the hurt and love in each song.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It must always be borne in mind that the assumption of woman's social superiority lies at the root of these rules of conduct.”
“Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay.”
“(The Nutty Professor) was a labor of love. It was a total film. It was the most productive, creative work of my life.”
“It certainly is a very difficult group,. We're still bleeding after the Champions League final and want our revenge.”
“Everyone is an artist. Everyone is creative in their own way and that that creativity is a great thing. It's a human thing and it needs to be nurtured and it can help us go down life's path and help us to become deeper, richer, more satisfied human beings.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged to serve the state to which I had taken an oath. It was a tragic fate.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews: Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses". Book by Leon Goldensohn, Random House, p. 85 (To Leon Goldensohn, April 14, 1946), 2010.
“Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.”

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