"I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to."

-- Peter Gabriel

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.”
“I think that at its best you just have to respect each arena for what they can do well.”
“Photoshop is just like makeup. When itâ€™s done well it looks great, and when itâ€™s overdone you look like a crazy asshole.”
“What the spiritual journey is all about is uniting our will with God's will, wanting what He wants, loving what He loves, living a life that in all its aspects honors Him and gives Him glory.”

Source : Ralph Martin (2006). “The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints”, p.153, Emmaus Road Publishing
“Hell, I don't know if he speaks French.”
“I'll hit them when it matters.”
“There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.”

Source : Christina (Queen of Sweden) (1753). “The Works of Christina Queen of Sweden: Containing Maxims and Sentences in Twelve Centuries, and Reflections on the Life and Actions of Alexander the Great”, p.98
“I never think it necessary to repeat calumnies; they are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves.”

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