"My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New York, so the way kids used to talk got into our earlier songs."

-- Donald Fagen

#Song Quotes #New York Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three”, p.30, Hachette UK
“Beauty soaks reality as water fills a rag.”

Source : Chet Raymo (2005). “Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God”, p.55, Cowley Publications
“To have regret is to be disappointed with yourself and your choices. Those who are wise, see their life like stepping stones across a great river. Everyone misses a stone from time to time. No one can cross the river without getting wet. Success is measured by your arrival on the other side, not on how muddy your shoes are. Regrets are only felt by those who do not understand lifeâ€™s purpose. They become so disillusioned that they stand still in the river and do not take the next leap.”
“In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.”
“Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.”
“The goths are beautiful, a vast depth of subcultural, aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion...the costume without the brain.”
“I'm a night owl, and luckily my profession supports that. The best ideas come to me in the dead of night.”
“I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.”

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