"I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate."

-- George Washington

#Country Quotes #Voice Quotes #Function Quotes

“But anyone who has been that young knows that the great grief of love is that your body feels the most when it knows the least.”

Source : Sarah Dunant (2006). “In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel”, p.226, Random House
“I'm not really sure why so much people still listen us. I think we live in an era when people get attached to stuff, and it means something. Then I think a lot of people heard about it over the years - like somebody's older brother might tell them, you know, because we're from his era, and he might be like, "You need to listen to this; this is what it's all about," you know what I mean? I don't know, man, it's hard to say. But it makes us feel special.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The heart is the only book worth reading.”
“I find listening to music in terms of influences, and trying to keep up with what's going on, is sickening! I mean, I'm not deliberately musically illiterate. But I have a pretty serendipitous approach to it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“If you are alone, tell some stories to yourself. This is a different kind of pleasure and it has, indeed, its reward. I have tasted a little of everything, and I have truly never enjoyed anything more.”
“Act so as to encourage the best in others, and by so doing you will develop the best in yourself.”

Source : "An Ethical Philosophy of Life". Book by Felix Adler, 1918.
“The presence of death annihilates all superstitions. We are the children of death, and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life. In the midst of life he calls us and summons us to him.”

Source : Sadegh Hedayat (2010). “The Blind Owl”, p.56, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Hurry ruins saints as well as artists. They want quick success, and they are in such a hurry to get it that they cannot take time to be true to themselves. And when the madness is upon them, they argue that their very haste is a species of integrity.”

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