"It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you."

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Source : Daniel James Brown (2013). “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics”, p.40, Penguin

Daniel James Brown

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“I love the gothic literature. It always has such great stories with characters bigger than life and the stakes are always high. And because there's always a wolf at the door, the emotions are high; the romance, the sexuality, friendships, and relationships. You don't know if the guy kissing you one minute is going to bite you the next. This heightens all of the sensibilities and emotions, and therefore, it sings to me. And that's where the music comes from.”

Source : Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 13, 2004.
“The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.”

Source : Daniel Handler (2012). “Why We Broke Up”, p.16, Egmont UK
“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.”
“By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.”

Source : Napoleon Hill, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale “Earl Nightingale's "Strangest Secret" Library”, Lulu.com
“I think whenever you go through something of that nature, you get to see who's really on your side and who's really there for you. That happened in my case. And it really let me understand that no matter how small of a decision you make, it's going to have a subsequent action or reaction, and something that started out very innocent turned into the tragedy that it was.”
“Let me break it down for you again, You know I only say it because I'm truly genuine: Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem.”

Source : Song: DOO WOP THAT THING Album 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hi, Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
“Think of it as Angelina Jolie. Youâ€™ve heard sheâ€™s mad and eats nothing but wallpaper paste. But you would, wouldnâ€™t you?”
“The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief.”

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