"One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment."

-- Alfred Doblin

#Daughter Quotes #Father Quotes #Piano Quotes

“In a knowledge-driven economy, talk is real work.”

Source : Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak (2013). “Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know”, p.90, Harvard Business Press
“...you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or to stay the same.”
“I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.”
“Now I approach climbing differently. I have learned less effort and energy, less obsession, and more feeling, as with piano, more emphasis and less frenzy.”
“He was addicted to me and now he has gone cold turkey. He used to send me fifty texts a day. And now he is ignoring me. It's like I was once his Barack Obama. And now I am John McCain, conceding defeat like a sad-face sock puppet, knowing I have sold the best of myself. He, my electorate, not only does not want me, he actively feels pity.”

Source : Emma Forrest (2012). “Your Voice in My Head”, p.158, A&C Black
“Truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene and unoriginal.”
“I very often think about doing things that I would want other artists to do. Like, if I'm a fan of whoever, I want to be treated a certain way. So I realized it came off almost elitist to ignore the whole world of Twitter and Facebook.”
“A beach walk is for stretching your legs and your mind, for looking at life with newfound eyes.”

Source : Sandy Gingras (2010). “Walks on the Beach”, p.1, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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