"Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a lamp that lights other lamps."

-- Kenny Werner

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“Prayer is so mighty an instrument that no one ever thoroughly mastered all its keys. They sweep along the infinite scale of man's wants and God's goodness.”

Source : Hugh Miller (1870). “The Headship of Christ: And, The Rights of the Christian People : a Collection of Essays, Historical and Descriptive Sketches, and Personal Portraitures with the Author's Celebrated Letter to Lord Brougham”, p.354
“Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.”
“Lately I feel films are more and more like music. Music deals with abstractions and, like film, it involves time. It has many different movements, it has much contrast. And through music you learn that, in order to get a particular beautiful feeling, you have to have started far back, arranging certain things in a certain way. You can't just cut to it.”
“I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.”

Source : Herodotus (2008). “The Histories”, p.6, OUP Oxford
“If you try to lose weight by shaming, depriving and fearing yourself, you will end up shamed, deprived, and afraid. Kindness comes first. Always.”

Source : FaceBook post by Geneen Roth from Sep 02, 2011
“Because I didn't go to film school, you learn so much from a lot of creative artists.”
“I don't like streaming. I hate all that crap. I'd rather be a fan and have the piece in front of you where you could read the liner notes and everything about it instead of just consume. Enjoy it that way. It's just a digital file.”

Source : Source: www.alternativenation.net
“God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat.”

Source : Thomas Tusser (1812). “Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry”, p.21

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