"Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real question for me, though, is whether m hope is effective, whether it produces or is just where I hide to ease my own pain."

-- Frances Moore LappÃ©

#Pain Quotes #Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.”

Source : Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.
“What if the house catches fire?â€ â€œRoast marshmallows. And if it floods, youâ€™ll go down with the ship. If thereâ€™s a tornado, Iâ€™ll meet both you and this house in Oz, after my shift. Got it?”
“Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.”
“I wanted to be the exception to the other kids, but in the right way. We have a lot of suffering in our part of the world, but that suffering is, in a way, a blessing. Obviously, I could not afford to go to school without a scholarship, so that meant I had to excel in order to get one.”

Source : "The Grass is Greener... On Both Sides". Jordan Business Magazine Interview, December 2006.
“People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.”
“The one constant in this ever changing music business is the heartfelt and â€œear to the groundâ€ Indie Record Stores that avid music fans and artists alike know they can count on to keep music thriving locally. I tour all over the world, and it's these Indie Record Stores that many times make or break a market. People will always want an â€œalbumâ€ to hold, not just have downloaded, and Indies fill that need and then some.”
“Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.”
“Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different, they are not really different; in essense they are the same. This is the true understanding transmitted from Buddha to us.”

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