"Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life."

-- BjÃ¸rnstjerne BjÃ¸rnson

#Stars Quotes #Complaining Quotes #Spots Quotes

“As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I suppose, argue that current sensibilities respond uniquely to the notion of exhaustion as exhaustion, although that does de facto seem rather limiting.”
“Disappointment is simply a dream that doesnt want to become a reality.”
“Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.”
“If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men.”
“The first ten thousand drawings are the hardest. Put another way, you have ten thousand bad drawings within and should expel them as quickly as possible.”
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
“Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.”
“I love books where you can't get out of bed. You want to consume them in one sitting, devour them. Those are my favorites, where you've almost abandoned your life for them. That doesn't happen every time, but those are the best.”

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