"He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes."

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Source : Daniel Wallace (2014). “The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

Daniel Wallace

#Mistake Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Past Quotes

“Say an A&R person wants me to do this type of song because they feel it is going to work on the radio, I guarantee you that unless the song is real, there is nothing wrong with having success and I want to be successful. That is why I am, but I do it my own way.”
“You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.”
“What are letters?â€ â€œKinda like mediaglyphics except theyâ€™re all black, and theyâ€™re tiny, they donâ€™t move, theyâ€™re old and boring and really hard to read. But you can use â€™em to make short words for long words.”
“What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and different costumes, every week. people are really mining the ability of storytellers to tell a long form story that goes from A to Z, and to trust that an audience will follow that. If they miss it, over the course of the week, they can watch it online or buy the DVD. There are so many different ways of interacting with it. Storytelling in television is getting more complex and more nuanced.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It doesn't matter who you are, there are stars in every city, in every house, and on every street.”
“Young black men had an opportunity to make money that they had never made before, so why not be flashy? I'm not mad at the flash. It just needed to be balanced.”

Source : Source: www.thefader.com
“I want to put strongly and completely all that is necessary, for things weakly said might as well not be said at all.”
“Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God. I am convinced that all the works of humankind will be reintegrated in the work of God, and that each of us, no matter how sinful, will ultimately be saved.”

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