"Reading is the occupation of the insomniac par excellence."

-- Alberto Manguel

#Reading Quotes #Excellence Quotes #Occupation Quotes

“Life is measured in achievement not in years alone”
“I feel like the internet also affects originality a lot, because music is so easily shared nowadays, it seems like artists have collectively explored most of the grounds that music has to offer.”
“Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.”
“The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.”
“I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!' That's not what I want to project. But I'm not a sadist. I don't believe suffering makes you beautiful. But comfort is not part of my creative process.”
“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”

Source : Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.63, Westminster John Knox Press
“When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.”
“All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.”

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