"Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence, obedience, and perseverance. As soon as you can, place yourself under the guidance of a master, and remain with him as long as possible."

-- Cennino Cennini

#Perseverance Quotes #Art Quotes #Long Quotes

“It's us," Stephen said. "Oh, thank God," said a voice. Callum emerged from behind the Dumpster. Even with all that was going on, it was hard not to take notice of this: he wore only his underpants and his socks and shoes. ...I don't think I hid my staring very well either. "Go ahead and change," Stephen said, handing me the bag. "I'll go and get the car." "Please be quick," Callum added. "This is not as fun as it appears.”
“It is rather calming to remember that you really couldn't have foreseen what is happening to you.”

Source : Margaret Widdemer (1917). “The Wishing-ring Man”
“Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.”
“There are a lot of things that American fans don't know about me yet! I would say they don't know me at all, but I guess that's great because now I have the chance to surprise them and make friends.”
“To be authentic literally means to be your own author.”
“The whole apparatus of using loyalty-security hearings for working off personal political spite has been firmly established as a part of our "way of life" and I do not see anything happening yet to loosen the hold of this machinery on us.”
“Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1967). “Amy Vanderbilt's Everyday Etiquette”
“It doesn't matter what you've done in the past - what matters are the choices you make right now. God gives you the chance to start over with every breath.”

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