"I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not."

-- George Crabbe

#Paint Quotes #Bards Quotes

“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”
“If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
“The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.”

Source : Tony Blair (2010). “A Journey”, p.2, Random House
“I don't enjoy eating humble pie.”
“This world only brings things apart that come together, and brings things together that weren't together.”
“there's nothing in the human heart or mind, no place no matter how twisted or secret, that can't be endured - if you have someone to share it with.”
“The prayer of listening makes things simple but it also makes us vulnerable, and that is frightening. Listening makes us open to Christ, the Word of God, spoken in all things: in the material world, the Scriptures, the Church, and sacraments and, sometimes most threateningly, in our fellow human beings. To listen at prayer is to take the chance of hearing the voice of Christ in the poor, the weak, those whom we love and those whom we do not love.”
“You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.”

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