"[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem. Publication is best seen as a happy accident."

-- Dan Beachy-Quick

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“If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.”
“We were like the Beatles, Dad.' 'I know you think that, sweetie' 'Seriously. Mom is John, you're Paul, I'm George, and Ice Cream is Ringo.' 'Ice Cream,' I said. 'Resentful of the past, fearful of the future...everytime we saw Ice Cream sitting there with her mouth open, we'd say, Poor Ice Cream, resentful of the past, fearful of the future.”
“I really do want to act, I love acting, and I want to do it in the long run.”
“Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.”
“Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.”
“No worry before its time.”

Source : Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.182, Ballantine Books
“I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.”
“Somehow, while I wasn't looking, I fell. And I fell hard.”

Source : M. Leighton (2013). “Up to Me”, p.121, Penguin

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