"When a daring idea first crosses one's mind, if it is to be realized in the future it is often appealing. Then, as the time for its execution comes nearer, one begins to dread that which had once been anticipated."

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Source : Cynthia Voigt (2013). “The Callender Papers”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

Cynthia Voigt

#Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“You have to realize what you don't know before you can learn about it.”
“Breathing determines emotion. Emotion determines breathing.”
“I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.”
“I'm quite an example. I have four kids, all from the same wife, all from the same husband.”

Source : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
“The occupational hazard of making a spectacle of yourself, over the long haul, is that at some point you buy a ticket too.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2015). “Panama”, p.46, Macmillan
“I think I couldn't do what I do [live without money] without studying economics, because you need to understand the system first - how it currently works - in order to change it.”
“I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad.”
“If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is and who and what is really important-if you want to operate on your default-setting-then you, like me, will not consider possibilities that aren't pointless and annoying.”

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