"Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own youthful feeling, your own groping thought and your own flowering perception."

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Source : Lotte Lehmann (2013). “More Than Singing: The Interpretation of Songs”, p.11, Courier Corporation

Lotte Lehmann

#Feelings Quotes #Perception Quotes #Woven Quotes

“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
“I am a hopeless romantic who falls in lust and gets in trouble. I love my work and am very productive, yet I always find time to play.”
“No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.”
“Poor people have few choices in life, and most of the time you don't think too much about it. You get the best you can and do without when necessary, and hope to God you won't be wiped out by something you can't control. But there are moments it hurts, where there is something you want in the very marrow of your bones and you know there is no way you can have it.”
“The idea that you can contribute is really important, especially for a kid.”

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“I double-knot my shoe laces. It's a pain untying your shoes afterward-particularly if you get them wet-but so is stopping in the middle of a race to tie them.”
“It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq.”
“The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.”

Source : Michel Houellebecq (2001). “The Elementary Particles”, p.285, Vintage

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