"You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice."

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Source : "James Vincent McMorrow: 'I like my own musical company'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2014.

James Vincent McMorrow

#Chance Quotes #Impression Quotes #One Chance Quotes

“One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be.”
“...Science and mathematics Run parallel to reality, they symbolize it, they squint at it, They never touch it: consider what an explosion Would rock the bones of men into little white fragments and unsky the world If any mind for a moment touch truth.”
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.”

Source : Oceana ch. 5 (1886)
“Come with me," Reyn said. "I want to show you something." Frankly, I had expected something more original. "Really?" I asked, "That's it? That's what you came up with?”
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves in vision as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action. Between these two the wise ones chose aright; the foolish not so.”
“Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".”
“The low desire, the base design That makes another's virtues less.”

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