"Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion."

-- Chris Evert

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“Too easy to lose the way. Too hard to keep from unraveling when thereâ€™s nothing to remind you of who you are and where you should be. Another eternity passes in the flick of an eyelash.”

Source : Diana Rowland (2009). “Mark of the Demon”, p.362, Bantam
“The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. Itâ€™s to survive as yourself, undiminished.”

Source : Elia Kazan, Jeff Young (1999). “Kazan: the master director discusses his films : interviews with Elia Kazan”, Newmarket Pr
“One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind, to dissipate one's fears, to face one's doubts, to look at one's mistakes--in order to retrieve them. One writes to capture and crystallize one's joy, but also to disperse one's gloom. Like prayer--you go to it in sorrow more than joy, for help, a road back to 'grace'.”
“From winter, plague and pestilence, good lord, deliver us!”

Source : Songs from 'Summer's Last Will and Testament' (performed c.1592, published 1600)
“My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.”
“...The plural of elf is elves! What a language! What a world!”
“Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance of the formalism and by a generous admixture of common sense, as well as a thorough understanding both of the basic concepts and of the technical details of the formal material used. It should not be supposed that the formalism can grind out philosophical results in a manner beyond the capacity of ordinary philosophical reasoning. There is no mathematical substitute for philosophy.”
“There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.”

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