"The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs making for sidewalk filigrees. Roses past their prime with their petals loose about them. The shouts of children at play in the neighborhood, Ginger Rogers on the black-and-white screen."

-- Elizabeth Berg

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“I'm a calm person who wants to talk about things and think things through.”

Source : "Shiloh Fernandez Exclusive Interview RED RIDING HOOD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 10, 2011.
“There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home.”
“Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.”

Source : Biz Stone (2014). “Things A Little Bird Told Me”, p.21, Pan Macmillan
“Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.”
“Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.”
“I worked in a paper factory the week after I left school. I had loads of paper cuts all over my hands and the pay was dreadful. On my third day I was like, 'Can I leave early? I've got an audition for Coronation Street.' They said yes and I never went back.”
“I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.”
“I sing the songs that people need to hear.”

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