"One of the agonies of being an author is to know when to stop writing."

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Henning Mankell

#Writing Quotes #Agony Quotes

“[Hillary Clinton] was trying to encourage us to become more active in politics and she said, 'If you leave all the decision-making to others, you might not like what they do, and you will have no one but yourself to blame.' It was such a challenge to the women in the room. And it really hit me: She's talking to me.”

Source : "In Hillary's Footsteps: Kirsten Gillibrand". Vogue, November 2010.
“You have to take positions on bills. There is no button for maybe or possibly.”
“Everybody tends to overplay live. That's just the nature of playing live. And that can be great, but it can also kill something that's special, and intimate, about a recorded version of a song. You find out very quickly which songs you can play, and which songs you do damage to by playing them live.”
“Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.”
“I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a lot about the end of the human race. And so on.”
“I really like the idea of music when it has form and then sort of loses its form, or becomes noise, and then comes back again... That's how I think of it: structure turning into noise and coming back around again.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.”

Source : Nathanael Greene, Richard K. Showman, Rhode Island Historical Society (2005). “The papers of General Nathanael Greene”
“Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.”

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