"It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place."

-- Nate Ruess

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at.”
“Look at the animals roaming the forest: Godâ€™s spirit dwells within them. Look at the birds flying across the sky: Godâ€™s spirit dwells within them. Look at the tiny insects crawling in the grass: Godâ€™s spirit dwells within them. Look at the fish in the river and seaâ€¦.There is no creature on earth in whom God is absentâ€¦ his breath had brought every creature to lifeâ€¦ Godâ€™s spirit is present within plant as well. The presence of Godâ€™s spirit in all living things is what makes them beautiful; and if we look with Godâ€™s eyes, nothing on earth is ugly.”
“Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious-but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.”
“I don't e-mail. I've never felt the particular need to e-mail.”
“Can you be serious for two words?" "Not without effort.”
“I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.”
“You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is itâ€™s working on; then you can write a novel.”
“I don't want to know how you did it. I want to believe you are magic.”

Source : Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.211, Penguin

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