"Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely."

-- Ann Landers

#Lonely Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes

“We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites. Without dark, we canâ€™t understand light. Without hardship, we wouldnâ€™t *experience* ease. Without the existence of deprivation and loss, we couldnâ€™t grasp the need for gratitude or the virtue of patience. And without separation, we wouldnâ€™t taste the sweetness of reunion. Glory be to the one who givesâ€”even when He takes.”
“I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that theres so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you.”
“The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.”
“It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game's the thing.”

Source : Gelett Burgess (1916). “The Romance of the Commonplace”
“If the prior distribution, at which I am frankly guessing, has little or no effect on the result, then why bother; and if it has a large effect, then since I do not know what I am doing how would I dare act on the conclusions drawn?”
“The parties happen when we book the studio. That's a safe place. Get alcohol, food, girls, homies, and have these small listening parties while I'm recording. And that energy always gets into the music.”

Source : Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.
“In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.”
“Leadership does not depend on being right.”

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