"I'm not a method actor but it certainly does help to have that kind of dedication. I treated my preparation like I was in the military. I didn't go out ever. I went out for drinks probably twice in five months. I lived very monastically."

-- Patrick Heusinger

#Military Quotes #Dedication Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.”
“You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it,”
“It goes Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day. Is that fair to anyone who's alone? These are all days you gotta be with someone. And if you didn't get around to killing yourself at Christmas or New Year's, boom! There's Valentine's Day. I think there should be one more after Valentine's Day just called, 'Who could love you?'”
“By my senior year in high school, I was friends with every group”
“Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace. If, however, they are left on society's margins, all of us will be impoverished. Let us ensure that all young people have every opportunity to participate fully in the lives of their societies.”
“I was a sober as the next guy. The only problem is the next guy was Dean Martin”
“I guess whatever maturity is there may be there because I've been keeping a journal forever. In high school my friends would make fun of me - you're doing your man diary again. So I was always trying to translate experience into words.”
“..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.”

Source : Peter Høeg (2015). “The Quiet Girl”, p.175, Random House

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