"I love to live alone in my own little cottage, where I can spend much time in prayer, etc"

-- David Brainerd

#Prayer Quotes #Cottages Quotes #Littles Quotes

“The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.”
“I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.”
“A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.”

Source : "From Ticketmaster to Trees: An Interview With Pearl Jam Guitarist Stone Gossard". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. October 17, 2008.
“If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter.”
“I've been sober now for 18 years. With all the drugs, psychedelics and narcotics I did, I was [really] an alcoholic. Honestly, I only used to do cocaine so I could sober up and drink more. My last five years of drinking was a nightmare. I was drinking a half-gallon of rum with a fifth of rum on the side, in case I ran out, 28 beers a day, and three grams of cocaine just to keep me moving around. And I thought I was doing fine because I wasn't crawling around drunk on the floor.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A willingness to vocalize feelings. How important it is to be willing to voice one's thoughts and feelings. Yes, how important it is to be able to converse on the level of each family member. Too often we are inclined to let family members assume how we feel toward them. Often wrong conclusions are reached. Very often we could have performed better had we known how family members felt about us and what they expected.”
“Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.”

Source : Johanna Spyri (2015). “Heidi”, p.47, First Avenue Editions
“I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I could make a good living at it. It's great to kind of shake the cobwebs off and get the feeling of a live audience again. I love close-up magic, the card stuff, the coin stuff, the really up-close David Blaine stuff.”

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