"The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it to be finished. It takes a long time to begin. And then it sort of gets finished."

-- Paul Simon

#Writing Quotes #Long Quotes #Songwriting Quotes

“I've thought a lot about what it means to be the President. I also understand an administration is not one person but an administration is dedicated citizens who are called by the President to serve the country, to serve a cause greater than self. And so I've thought about an administration of people who represent all America, but people who understand my compassionate and conservative philosophy.”
“What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing”
“I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”

Source : "On Education" (1867)
“Don't try to get all your rewards on earth. There are more rewards in Heaven.”
“Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down on the ground, having given up.”

Source : "Get Over an Ex: Advice for After the Breakup" by Sharon Olds, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.
“....maybe fear is God's way of saying, "Pay attention, this could be fun.”
“For an individual fully to play himself, rather than to sound like someone else, is possibly the hardest thing to do.”

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