"Writing is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling verbally communal with other people. It's out there and I feel so much better about it."

-- Brandi Carlile

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You can select growth over stagnation. You can select you. And you can select life. And it's time that people tell you you're not at the mercy of forces greater than yourself. You are, indeed, the greatest force for you.”
“There's other ways to protect yourself and your family, Arlen. Wisdom. Prudence. Humility. It's not brave to fight a battle you can't win.”

Source : Peter V. Brett (2009). “The Warded Man: Book One of The Demon Cycle”, p.28, Del Rey
“An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.”

Source : "Juliette Binoche Honored at the Marrakesh International Film Festival". Interview with Karin Badt, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2013.
“Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.”
“Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.”
“A good Judoka never anticipates his action in a match, but his mind is as clever as a polished mirror which enables him to foresee precisely anything to happen and he displays freedom of his physique to cope with any change. Such mental state and physical action are called sei or tranquility and do or action, sometimes they are called ju and go or tenderness and sturdiness, in and yo or negative and positive, etc.”

Source : "The Canon of Judo". Book by Kyuzo Mifune, 1956.
“I would have been a disastrous soldier.”
“There comes a time when the body takes over the life. There comes a time when the bodyâ€™s urges, the bodyâ€™s needs, dictate the life. You have no idea you are giving the body the key. But you hand it over. And then itâ€™s in control. You mess with the wiring and the wiring takes charge.”

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