"I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money."

-- Rufus Wainwright

#Focus Quotes #Needs Quotes #Opera Quotes

“We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.”

Source : "What Would Beth Ditto Do?", www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2007.
“I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.”
“If you love animals, don't eat them.”
“I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.”
“You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.”

Source : "George Foreman: What I've Learned" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. December 31, 2006.
“Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.”
“Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.”
“Custodial education does not have as its objective the education of youth but rather social control over them. It suppresses rather than stimulates their intellectual and physical energies.”

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