"If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."

-- Bodhidharma

#Blessed Quotes #Past Quotes #Rewards Quotes

“When Daniel Gorenstein was chair, he did mathematics from 5am to 12noon, spending the second half of his working day on administration. When I was chair, I also spent half of my time on research: every other minute.”
“I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg”
“Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.”
“Be patient with yourself. Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next life. Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement. As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.”
“I have a new television show in the works, and that is all I can say right now.”
“Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.”
“I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a lyric writer is that I look back at it and there's some turn-of-phrases and some images and some kind of montage-y kinds of things I'm really proud of. But it kind of bums me out that people have told me again and again that they don't really understand what I'm trying to say.”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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