"The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration."

-- Ernest Newman

#Inspiration Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Waste Quotes

“I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It's worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.”
“After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, â€˜In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony.â€™ Â I explained to him that I had no feeling for harmony. Â He then said that I would always encounter an obstacle, that it would be as though I came to a wall through which I could not pass. Â I said, â€˜In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.â€™”
“There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule.”
“My guitar and singing was my way of crying.”
“I'm not being analytical. I just create everything intuitively. If you're too analytical, what you're doing probably ends up being too specific.”
“I will not stop fighting against Islam until I have achieved freedom for our country.”

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“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.”
“Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them "explorers", whose mission is to leave no stone unturned, though the temptation to doubt is always there. Leaning on God, they continue to reach out, always and everywhere, for all that is beautiful, good, and true.”

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