"Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important."

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Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

Matt Nathanson

#Important Quotes #Midst Quotes #Staying Quotes

“No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.”
“Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas.”
“You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.”
“Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life.”
“To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.”

Source : Karen Horney (2013). “Self-Analysis”, p.30, Routledge
“I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused!”
“Most of the people buying the Soviet paraphernalia were Americans and West Europeans. All would be sickened by the thought of wearing a swastika. None objected, however, to wearing the hammer and sickle on a T-shirt or a hat. It was a minor observation, but sometimes, it is through just such minor observations that a cultural mood is best observed. For here, the lesson could not have been clearer: while the symbol of one mass murder fills us with horror, the symbol of another mass murder makes us laugh.”

Source : Anne Applebaum (2007). “Gulag: A History”, p.15, Anchor
“Russia and the USA are two largest nuclear powers in the world; it's a really important relationship. How do we start making this work? How do we live with one another? How do we work with one another? We simply have to find a way to go forward.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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