"because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie."

-- Alan Paton

#Stars Quotes #Lying Quotes #Journey Quotes

“Put a pair of high heels on a fellow and just look what he was reduced to.”

Source : Celeste Bradley (2008). “The Impostor: The Liar's Club”, p.15, Macmillan
“As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.”
“My father would say, 'Play a scale,' and I'd play one and he'd say, 'What about the rest? There must be one above,' so we'd figure them out. I'd start the scale on the root of the chord and I'd go as far as my hand would reach without going out of position, say, five frets, and then I'd go all the way back. So when ! practised I'd start right away on scales. As well as the usual ones, I'd play whole tone scales, diminished, dominant sevenths, and chromatic scales. Every chord form, all the way up, and this took an hour.”
“That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.”

Source : "Kaskade remixes what it means to be an EDM superstar for intimate Spring Fling tour". Interview with Spencer Dukoff, www.nydailynews.com. May 14, 2017.
“I love Vice President Biden, let's make this clear. But we do need somebody that is going to reconnect with the heart and soul of everyday Americans in this country. The Democrats failed on that. And we can place blame on everybody else that we want to. But the bottom line is you can both love this party and critique this party.”
“Nothing is quite so horrifying and paralyzing as to win the Oedipal struggle and to be awarded your mother as the prize.”
“Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way.”
“Confidence is the purity of action produced by a mind free of doubt.”

Source : Katty Kay, Claire Shipman (2014). “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know”, p.15, Harper Collins

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