"I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm eager to see what the day will bring, how I will feed that passion."

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Source : "John Densmore on Life, Love, Meditation and His New Book, 'The Doors: Unhinged'". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

John Densmore

#Blessed Quotes #Passion Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I get to dress how I want, but sometimes I gotta wear different hats.”
“Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it.”

Source : Fred Rogers (2004). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, Large Print Press
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.”
“If you're not willing to sound stupid you don't deserve to be in love.”
“Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.”
“Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I really have problems with horror movies. I don't watch them. It's a feeling I don't want to have in cinema. I'm too reactive. It's too draining to watch that kind of movie.”

Source : "The divine lightness of being Ludivine Sagnier" by Chris Wiegand, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2009.
“Two things, generally, for me, is what life is about. And they're not funny. Living in the moment, is one. And No. 2 is getting out of yourself and helping other people. Because all of my suffering stems from thinking from myself.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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