"And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated."

-- Michael Tilson Thomas

#Journey Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Voyages Quotes

“Phones are powerful at providing information.”

Source : "Kathy Calvin | President/CEO of United Nations Foundation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.
“I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.”

Source : Marian Engel (1985). “The Tattooed Woman”, Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada
“It takes a long time to write a book. I'm not going to spend that much time trying to deliver a message. The reason I do it is because I want to understand something myself. It's not a delivery device, it's an inquiry device. Didactic fiction to my mind never works. It backfires.”
“Writers who go to Hollywood still follow the classic pattern: either you get disgusted by 'them' and you leave or you want the money and you become them.”
“I found I could also be good in cross country. I don't think my running style has anything to do with it. If you have speed and your body feels good, you can do any distance.”
“I think it's important to love what you do and have a good time with it. I go to work every day and have a blast.”
“Judgment is judgment, whether you're obese, or too skinny, or not athletic enough.”
“Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.”

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