"I might believe I had unusual talent if I did not know what good music was; I might enjoy half an hour's practice a day if I were busy and happy the rest of the time. You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed! I am simply smothered and sickened with advantages. It is like eating a sweet dessert the first thing in the morning."

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Source : Jane Addams (2012). “Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes”, p.48, Courier Corporation

Jane Addams

#Sweet Quotes #Morning Quotes #Believe Quotes

“Happiness or misfortune are prescribed by law of Heaven, but their source comes from ourselves.”
“I want to be someone who is doing something solid. And I am doing my thing. You can like it or not, but I know that now I have a really nice group of really cool and talented actors that follow me. It's the same for them. They have a special connection with my movies because we do these movies differently.”

Source : "Quentin Dupieux Talks WRONG COPS, Fast-Paced Shoots, and His Secret Project with Marilyn Manson". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 25, 2013.
“Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.”

Source : Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910). “Oration and memorial addresses”
“~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm, cuddling this little creature. It's been bittersweet and humbling to let her lead and to not try to be perfect myself.~”
“Don't scrutinize people with a microscope; view them from a comfortable distance. And allow some room for compassion in the space the lies between you.”
“Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.”
“The two exist because of the One, But hold not even to this One; When the one Consciousness -is not disturbed, The ten thousand things offer no offence.”
“What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.”

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