"The best way to live a miserable life is to pay attention to what other people are saying about you."

-- Paulo Coelho

#Life Quotes #People Quotes #Attention Quotes

“[I]t is true that [the provisions of the Bill of Rights] were designed to meet ancient evils. But they are the same kind of human evils that have emerged from century to century whenever excessive power is sought by the few at the expense of the many.”
“It was a very bizarre experience for me, to get the songs together, go in there, and try to deliver them as I would perhaps in a live setting. But I realized that I couldn't take on that coffeehouse style that I came from and go in there and burn it up.”
“I don't know what to do when I'm not working. I lose my mind if I'm not constantly doing something.”

Source : "Taylor Momsen: 'I'm completely neurotic and sleep four hours a day'" by Justin Harp, www.digitalspy.com. March 1, 2012.
“I don't really want more time; I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long, time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy and just enough time in a day not to feel hounded, pressed, driven, or wild to get it all done-yesterday.”
“If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled by the knowledge that their nation does not love them.”
“I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.”
“Play is this process of operating the world, of manipulating things. It's related to experimentation, and it's related to pleasure, but not defined by it.”

Source : Source: app.longform.org
“Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a moment to accept with silent dignity.”

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