"Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world."

-- Johnny Weir

#Thinking Quotes #Careers Quotes #Creating Quotes

“You got a man? That's somethin we will talk about. He's smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.”
“When I hear music I want to engage in it. Even if I engage in it very quickly and turn it off in my mind. If I'm in an elevator, clearly I don't want to be dealing with that, even if it's Mozart. In fact, especially if it's Mozart. I don't think Mozart belongs in an elevator.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.”
“As one might expect in a society with mass communications and mass markets, the pseudo-ethic says that whatever is popular, is right. Where the traditional ethic derives its sanction from the superiority of a few, the pseudo-ethic derives its sanction from the inferiority of a great many. The pseudo-ethic is keyed, not to the spiritually gifted, but to the spiritually ungifted.”

Source : Margaret Halsey (1964). “The Corrupted Giant: A Speculation on American Politics and Morals”
“Run as much miles as I did and you'll learn the secret of running, but I can't guarantee you'll win in Olympics.”
“By choosing to hang on to your corner of freedom in even the worst situations, you can process your world with the energy of appreciation and beauty, and create an opportunity to transcend your circumstances.”
“Alexander to Tatiana: I love you as much as it is possible for a man to love a woman.”
“For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery of the present, the cares of everyday life and lose itself in the eternally pure world of harmony. . .”

Source : Lotte Lehmann (2013). “More Than Singing: The Interpretation of Songs”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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