"I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important."

-- Evelyn Glennie

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Balance Quotes

“Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.”

Source : Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.371
“Why waste so much time, energy, and money trying to buy the biggest house that your credit rating will allow? Truth be known, a small house can hold as much happiness as a large one. Sometimes it will hold even more.”
“The early feminists were pro-life. And really, abortion is a huge disservice to women, and it hasn't been presented that way. As Feminists for Life-what we're trying to do is support women, and so what we want to do is-reach women on campus-college campuses so that, when they get pregnant, they can find housing. They can find money they need to stay in school.”
“Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions.”
“We believe that peace is hard-won, That sometimes it is necessary to fight for peace. But more than that, we believe that Justice is more important than peace.”
“Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.”

Source : In Time 3 July 1978, p. 33
“Freaks are revolutionaries, and revolutionaries are freaks”
“Sometimes, we are afraid of something because we're afraid of something else.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.29, Atlantic Books Ltd

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