"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."

-- Virgil Thomson

#Inspirational Quotes #Fear Quotes #Failure Quotes

“If you're not doing some things that are crazy, then you're doing the wrong things.”
“I was doing big roles and, yeah, everything was going great. In the midst of all that, I guess I had already become common in the sense that I became formed into what the world wanted me to be. My desires and my goals were (identified) by the world - the things that would make me (successful) in the sight of the world and would give me a status that I thought was security.”
“Wicca has been, up until the past decade or so, a closed religion, but no more.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2010). “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner”, p.71, Llewellyn Worldwide
“I jerked my chin toward Frostâ€™s body. â€˜All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.â€™ Hao said, â€œLife is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else.â€ Half-naked, covered with the same filth we all were, he still gave the impression of being in control of himself and his environment.”
“Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think.”
“One should not be too difficult. An artist should not treat himself like an enemy.”
“The world that surrounded me disgusted me so I chosen to invent one of my own.”
“Talking to a therapist, I thought, was like taking your clothes off and then taking your skin off, and then having the other person say, "Would you mind opening up your rib cage so that we can start?”

Source : Julie Schumacher (2008). “Black Box”, p.58, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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