"By the visual pattern, but mostly I'm guided entirely by my ear, what I hear."

-- Leo Ornstein

#Ears Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Visuals Quotes

“How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was?”

Source : Catherine Gilbert Murdock (2009). “Front and Center”, p.160, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“although I love a rich life, I hate an overcrowded life. I believe in rumination and lose half the beauty of all things when I am deprived of the time to ruminate.”
“I recognize that by saying that I'm deeply sorry, it might not be enough and sufficient to address the pain and the hurt that I have caused you. Therefore, I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.”

Source : Marion Jones (2010). “On the Right Track: From Olympic Downfall to Finding Forgiveness and the Strength to Overcome and Succeed”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“I think of movies as depicting moments of change. Change is growth, and that change also possesses the same dynamism that movies do.”
“I swear to much for this to be a television special. Did you guys ever have your mouth washed out with soap? My mom did that to me a lot. I think I swear more because of it. I started liking the taste of soap, I would eat it just to spite her. (pause) I'd bite off bars of soap.”
“I collect records. And cats. I don't have any cats right now. But if I'm taking a walk and I see a cat, I'm happy.”
“I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.”
“Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.”

Source : General Ulysses S. Grant (2013). “The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [Illustrated – 2 volumes in one]”, p.239, Pickle Partners Publishing

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