"Another factor is that in terms of the original compositions, this is our strongest year yet. Everyone wrote a fantastic piece and everyone really had a greater sense of how to write for this band -- not only for this particular instrumentation, but for these particular players. Each year, the reality is getting closer to the ideal of a collective."

-- Joshua Redman

#Writing Quotes #Player Quotes #Reality Quotes

“We must never forget that today's legendary achievements-awesome as they may seem-were yesterday's risky adventures. Courage is not the capacity never to be afraid; as Karl Barth reminds us, "Courage is fear that has said its prayers."”

Source : John Claypool (1983). “The light within you”, W Publishing Group
“Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.”
“Letâ€™s summarize. What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick â€” real, meaningful â€” value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. Thatâ€™s a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.”
“You have the attention span of a large bug, and yet I don't feel good enough about myself to not date you.”
“We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.”

Source : Karen Thompson Walker (2014). “The Age of Miracles”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
“This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread.”
“he sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly.”
“This whole new emerging science of sex differences is so interesting to me. We are such different creatures. Our anatomy is different. Our structure is different. Our purpose is different.”

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