"I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody."

-- Kenyon Martin

#Athlete Quotes #People Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Time doesnâ€™t, as advertised, heal all wounds. Although the wrenching immediacy of grief eventually passed, the settled sorrow that replaced it might in its own way be even more intense.”
“When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.”
“Boycotts tend to make the shunned more popular.”
“I wonder how you're supposed to know the exact moment when there's no more hope.”
“The main thing is to be yourself and not allow peopleÂ toÂ disturbÂ you to be different, because they want youÂ to be different. You gotta be yourself. Many times youÂ throw a mistake due to your ownÂ personalityÂ orÂ your own character or from interference that you getÂ along the way then you learn, and the main thing isÂ to learn from your mistakes and get better.”
“I would really hope this would make people see the short story as an important art, not just something you played around with until you got a novel.”
“I mean, already in the French Revolution, the harpsichord becomes identified with the aristocracy, with the ancien regime. Plus, hey, you know, I mean, harpsichord is a really easy target, isn't it? I mean, it's - it's just how it is.”
“I feel most spiritual when I'm out in the woods. I feel part of nature. Or looking up at the stars. [I used to say] I was an atheist. Now I say, it's all according to your definition of God. According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes.”

Source : "Pete Seeger's Session". Beliefnet Interview, www.beliefnet.com. August 2006.

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