"I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony."

-- Danny Elfman

#Writing Quotes #Symphony Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.”

Source : Xunzi (1994). “Xunzi: Books 7-16”, p.81, Stanford University Press
“Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.”
“To you, the people of Flint, I say, as I have before, I am sorry and I will fix it. No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you. Federal, state and local leaders by breaking the trust you placed in us.”
“I'm not at ease with the word "love."”
“It's all there-the boredom, the devotion, the horror and even the humor in an industrial war fought on a global scale that we'll never see again. Unit histories just do not get any better.”
“You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.”
“Extraordinary individuals take one step back and two steps forward with most every challenge-and sometimes two steps back to one step forward. They harvest useful lessons and knowledge from what doesn't work, and they display a remarkable resiliency; and ability to bounce back from adversity.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.8, Pearson Education
“All things do help the unhappy man to fall.”

Source : John Webster (1859). “The Works of John Webster: With Some Account of the Author, and Notes”, p.82

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