"Happy music doesn't tend to move me much"

-- Duncan Sheik

“Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.”

Source : "Chicago: City on the Make" by Nelson Algren, University of Chicago Press, Ch. 7, 1987.
“I don't want to die, but I'm ok putting it all out there for the most beautiful expression of my life.”
“Character starts with the alphabet. Letters: words: sentences Character is a function of languageâ€”a collection of errors and deviations that resonate with certain behaviors. As with every other element in fiction, it is a record of a writerâ€™s decisions.”
“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”
“Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.”
“Clashing expectations are what most consistently derail any team, and especially a culturally diverse team. So if you take the time to "define" the goal carefully upfront, you've addressed one of the most difficult and important parts of the innovative process.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“You must first realize the thing completely in your mind. Then grasp the brush, fix your attention so that you see clearly what you wish to paint; start quickly, move the brush, follow straight what you see before you, as the buzzard swoops down when the hare jumps out. If you hesitate one moment, it is gone.”

Source : "Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles". Book by Osvald Sirén, Volume 2, p. 14, 1974.
“I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.”

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