"The fate of a song is often established in the first 15 minutes of writing."

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Jens Lekman

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Fate Quotes

“The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis.”
“If you can't prove it's not true then a certain number of people will glom on and say it is true.”
“Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!”
“Inside the walls of a prison my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free.”
“My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.”
“Finally, I have someone that's like me. My other two pupils were the opposite sides of the moon. But this guy is on the same side of the moon, is on the same planet that I'm on.”
“I preferred my brand of beauty where Norah was more beautiful than any bimbette, and Mom was beautiful whether sized extra-small or extra-large. Where Peony could look at herself in the mirror and murmur, wow, look at me. Just look at me.”
“I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.”

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