"For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance."

-- Black Francis

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“The problem that faces our country today, the last 30 years we have lived off the future, and the bill is coming due. So there cannot be anything that is not put on the table. There will not be one American that will not be called to sacrifice. Those that are more well-to-do will be called to sacrifice to a greater extent.”

Source : "Sen. Coburn Talks Debt and Taxes; Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Religion and Politics". Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 26, 2010.
“I felt freed to please myself, to find my way as I would, in a world that was much vaster than I had realized before, in which I was but one star-gleam, one wavelet, among multitudes. My happiness mattered not a whit more than the next person's - or the next fish's, or the next grass-blade's! - and not a whit less.”
“In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.”
“I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.”
“I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened.”
“You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.”
“Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times...”

Source : Max Ehrmann (2017). “The Desiderata of Happiness”, p.11, Souvenir Press Ltd
“I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words â€” not almost right words. Before you ask, I'll tell you that yes, I do write 600 at the top of my pad every day, and I keep track of the word count to insure I reach my quota daily â€” without fail.”

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