"I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing songs. She said, 'As long as you're seriously working on music, I'll support you. Don't get a job, because if you work, it will crush you."

-- Rufus Wainwright

#Crush Quotes #Mom Quotes #Song Quotes

“There's something really cool about getting scared. I don't know what.”
“The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of himself and causes deep resentment”
“Teens are by nature, experimental learners. There is no real understanding of biology without the lab.”
“I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.”

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“It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged. [Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitia munus expletum sit.]”
“Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.”
“I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion now. It's learning how to breathe all over again. And how to lie in the sun getting a tan, letting the sun work into you. And how to hear music and how to read a book. What does your civilization offer?”
“I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.”

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