"A man once said that the pinnacle of success Was when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity A noble enough idea I suppose How on Earth he does this heaven only knows I know I need a lot more of all three of those Before I'll ever have the nerve to turn up my nose At any money, or compliments, or publicity"

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Source : "Song: 'Money, Compliments, Publicity'". 2009.

Todd Snider

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.”
“I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.”
“There are stories told to him only at this time of year. Fantastic, magical stories, the old Hollier in the woods finding only three red berries, which peel back in the night to reveal gifts of frankincense, gold and myrrh, Christmas in hot deserts, dust-blown countries, the necklace of tears, and the story of the robin.”

Source : Sarah Hall (2010). “Haweswater”, p.193, Faber & Faber
“Be who you are. If you're comfortable leading, you're comfortable. And if you're not, it's OK.”
“I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?”
“How do men feel whose whole lives (and many men's lives are) are lies, schemes, and subterfuges? What sort of company do they keep when they are alone? Daily in life I watch men whose every smile is an artifice, and every wink is an hypocrisy. Doth such a fellow where a mask in his own privacy, and to his own conscience?”
“If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry ... and if the instant you feel yourself growing nervous and ... out of breath, you would stop and take a breath, you would find this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish.”
“Even if you have a lot of work to do, if you think of it as wonderful, and if you feel it as wonderful, it will transform into the energy of joy and fire, instead of becoming a burden.”

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