"Anyone who survives a southern childhood has enough material to last a lifetime."

--

Flannery O'Connor

#Southern Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps”
“I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.”
“I haven't the stature to critique one of our literature's great novels, Tobias; and I'm not one of those who believe The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn needs critiquing for literary or social reasons.”
“Every one of Joel's important songs--including the happy ones--are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or 'interesting lonely' (like Radiohead); it's 'lonely lonely,' like the way it feels when you're being hugged by someone and it somehow makes you sadder.”
“I wear my heart on my sleeve.”
“I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won.”

Source : "Watch Rebekah Brooks' emotional speech in which she says she feels ''vindicated'' by phone hacking verdicts" by Jason Beattie, www.mirror.co.uk. June 26, 2014.
“The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh eyes.”

Source : Peter Weiss (1998). “Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman”, p.58, A&C Black
“Performers should realize they not only have to prepare themselves for concert purposes as far as memorizing their programs goes, but for the business of just walking out before the people â€¦. It is important to play before an imaginary audience too. Before I play in public I very often play a program three or four times as though I were seated before a actual audience.”

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