"Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for me, were a beacon, a guiding force."

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Clarence Major

#Mind Quotes #Obstacles Quotes #Accomplish Quotes

“Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.”
“God tipped the country and all the fruits and nuts rolled west.”
“I have a soft spot for musicians. If a man could ride this roller coaster with me and come out alive, then I guess we'd deserve each other's company.”
“I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.”
“Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not soloism--we share. No altruism this, for we receive tenfold what we give.”

Source : Catherine Drinker Bowen (1939). “Friends and fiddlers”
“Every now and then the stars align, Boy and girl meet by the great design, Could it be that you and me are the lucky ones? Everybody told me love was blind, Then I saw your face and you blew my mind, Finally you and me are the lucky ones, this time”
“It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only lasts while the words are in your head. After you put down the paper or pen, the pistons fall lifeless again.”

Source : Elizabeth Wein (2013). “Rose Under Fire”, p.51, Egmont UK

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