"The moments that we have with friends and family, the chances that we have to make a big difference in the world or even to make a small difference to the ones we love, all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast and a whole lot sooner than you think."

-- Larry Page

#Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Everyone knows I'm just a big, good-natured slob.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The most powerful force changing our society is the information revolution.”
“One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music.”
“I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.”
“We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments.”

Source : "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Speech at the London Interparliamentary Conference". The Advocate of Peace, Volume 68, No. 9, archive.org. September 1906.
“Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we donâ€™t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognateâ€”perfectionismâ€”an inhuman aim motivated by a concern with how others view us. Mastery is also not the same as successâ€”an event-based victory based on a peak point, a punctuated moment in time. Mastery is not merely a commitment to a goal, but to a curved-line, constant pursuit.”

Source : Sarah Lewis (2014). “The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“Writing keeps me at my desk, constantly trying to write a perfect sentence. It is a great privilege to make oneâ€™s living from writing sentences. The sentence is the greatest invention of civilization. To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing. I couldnâ€™t ask for anything better. Itâ€™s as near to godliness as I can get.”

Source : "John Banville, The Art of Fiction No. 200". Interview with Belinda McKeon, www.theparisreview.org. 2009.
“The most unique thing about music making is sharing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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