"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."

-- Tip O'Neill

#Jobs Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Lessons Quotes

“Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our students succeed, and our families able to care for children and grandparents as they can.”
“What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they are all exactly twenty-four hours. There's quite a lot we don't know about them.”
“I kind of like polishing the songs that I'm working on. I'm really working hard on some specific songs.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.
“A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.”
“One attraction of Latin is that you can immerse yourself in the poems of Horace and Catullus without fretting over how to say, "Have a nice day."”
“Above all, tell the truth.”
“I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand”
“Love is hate War is Peace No is Yes And we're all free.”

Source : Song: Why?, Album: Tracy Chapman, 1988

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