"There's a part of me, and I'm sure every single musician that writes for themselves has this: there's a layer of precious that you have to shed. I'm constantly trying to let go of, "Well, what about this, this would be cool." Some of that is needed, but a lot of it is total BS."

-- Sarah Jaffe

#Letting Go Quotes #Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“You and I were created by God to be so much more than normalâ€¦Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end itâ€™s a loserâ€™s game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else.”

Source : Tim Tebow, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “Through My Eyes”, p.16, Harper Collins
“Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible.”
“The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.”
“We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.”
“He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen the last of me' and 'You'll regret this'.”
“Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
“The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.”
“And now that I don't want to own anything any more and am free, now I suddenly own everything, now my inner riches are immeasurable.”

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.25, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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