"Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust among them suddenly which tends to stop them or reverse their motion. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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“You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.”
“Thou, Everlasting Strength, hast set Thyself forth to bear our burdens. May we bear Thy cross, and bearing that; find there is nothing else to bear; and touching that cross, find that instead of taking away our strength, it adds thereto. Give us faith for darkness, for trouble, for sorrow, for bereavement, for disappointment; give us a faith that will abide though the earth itself should pass away--a faith for living, a faith for dying.”
“I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.”

Source : "Ledisi: A Singer's Second Life". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.
“I think the key is that you come out with products which are embracing and true to the brand.”

Source : "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.
“The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.”
“Jazz is really about the human experience. Itâ€™s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn it into something creative and constructive. Thatâ€™s something thatâ€™s built into the fiber of every human being. And I think thatâ€™s why people can respond to it. They feel the freedom in it. And the attributes of jazz are also admirable. Itâ€™s about dialogue. Itâ€™s about sharing. And teamwork. Itâ€™s in the moment, and it's nonjudgmental.”
“PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.”
“Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.”

Source : Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2003.

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