"How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of the world. In effect, we say, ' I don't dare show you what I am because I don't trust you for a minute but please love me anyway because I so need you to. And, of course, if you don't love me anyway, you're a dirty dog, just as I suspected, so I was right in the first place.' Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened."

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Source : Duke Ellington (1973). “Music is my mistress”, Doubleday Books

Duke Ellington

#Dog Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Children Quotes

“We are what we reblog.”
“When you see something, you are supposed to tell the energy what year it is and that they don't belong there.”

Source : "Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn see dead people - they're everywhere" by Ashleigh Rainbird, www.mirror.co.uk. September 18, 2014.
“I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.”
“I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. Thereâ€™s a punk glee inside the bluegrass craftâ€“and a punk vehemence inside the bluegrass smile.”
“I think I really produce my best work in Iran.”
“We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those who so desperately need our help.”
“The poorer we are inwardly, the more we try to enrich ourselves outwardly.”

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