"The only thing that really inspired me for singing was the movie and musical 'Phantom of the Opera.' I went to see it in the theaters, and I loved it so much. And when I got home, I started singing the songs around the house, and my mom thought I was really good, so she asked me if I wanted to do a talent competition. And I said, 'Yes, definitely.'"

-- Jackie Evancho

#Mom Quotes #Song Quotes #Home Quotes

“I think plans failing is a really interesting question. I've been on a long journey. I'm 54 now and that's seriously old. I hope I still have heaps of years to go. Every day there's new success and some failures. But believe you me you can always get better - but things don't always go how you'd expect all the time. What you have to do is pick yourself up and keep going. That's part of life.”
“Sometimes the very thing you're looking for is the one thing you cannot see.”

Source : Song: Save the Best for Last, Album: The Comfort Zone
“If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can't stop equal marriage rights.”
“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”
“Our past is the forge upon which we are hardened and tempered, to prepare us for the present. We are like a fine blade that must be hammered into shape before it can be ready to make its finest cuts.”
“The holiness of the real Is always there, accessible In total immanence. The nodes Of transcendence coagulate In you, the experiencer, And in the other, the lover.”

Source : Kenneth Rexroth (1967). “The Collected Shorter Poems”, p.248, New Directions Publishing
“I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense.”
“Wounds, I think, are never confined to a single skin but reach out to rasp us all.”

Source : Lauren Slater (2012). “Welcome to My Country”, p.179, Anchor

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