"The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature."

-- Joseph Addison

#Eye Quotes #May Quotes #Polyphemus Quotes

“I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.”
“One learns to itch where one can scratch.”

Source : Ernest Bramah (2016). “THE KAI LUNG FANTASY SERIES: The Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours & Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat: The Transmutation of Ling, The Story of Yung Chang, The Probation of Sen Heng, The Experiment of the Mandarin Chan Hung, The Confession of Kai Lung, The Vengeance of Tung Fel and more”, p.442, e-artnow
“I must cite an intrinsic condition of the universe. We set forth in any direction which seems convenient; each leads to the same place: the end of the universe.”
“The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people.”
“But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.”
“I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often," he says. "They suit you.”
“An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are bad. You write a lousy novel and a lousy film.”

Source : "Don Winslow on his amazing new book ‘The Cartel’ and America’s drug war". Interview with Drew Mcweeny, uproxx.com. July 01, 2015.

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