"Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!""

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Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin

Aaron Copland

#Inspiration Quotes #Answers Quotes

“This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.”
“Some non-communist parties and CPPCC members have, at CPPCC meetings or in their proposals, called for the enactment of a law against secession at the earliest date, to resolutely fight and curb 'Taiwan independence' activities in any forms.”
“We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient.”
“Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best.”

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“Your best is whatever you can do comfortably without having a breakdown.”

Source : J. R. Moehringer (2005). “The Tender Bar: A Memoir”
“We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons”
“I was the eldest daughter with these four beautiful younger sisters with ringlets and pretty faces, and I used to dress them up in Victorian clothes and take them out for the day and pretend they were mine.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You know, I really don't think you learn from teachers. You learn from work. I think what you learn, really, is how to be- you have to be your own toughest critic, and you only learn that from work, from seeing work.”

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