"Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own."

-- Ivan Turgenev

“But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.”
“I would imagine that the more time you spend talking to another person, the more you're going to lie to them. So if you spend a lot of time with your relations, you're probably lying a lot to them.”

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“Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.”
“The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.”
“Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.”
“I really need to push myself and try my hardest every time, because I come from the premise that I'm not very good and I have to give my best. Otherwise, I don't deliver.”

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“Choose what you want to do â€“ or watch someone else doing it. Learn how to handle tools, paint, babies, machinery, or just listen to your favourite tune. Dance, talk or be lifted up to where you can see how other people make things work. Sit out over space with a drink and tune in to what's happening elsewhere in the city. Try starting a riot or beginning a painting â€“ or just lie back and stare at the sky.”
“It's easier to sell junk when you're known than works of genius when you're unknown.”

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