"I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that."

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Desmond Dekker

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Talking Quotes

“God grant me courage and hope for everyday, faith to guide me along my way, understanding and wisdom, too, and grace to accept what life gives me to do.”

Source : Helen Steiner Rice (2011). “Daily Inspiration for Women: From the Poetry of Helen Steiner Rice”, p.159, Barbour Publishing
“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”
“Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.”

Source : David Leavitt (2013). “The Stories of David Leavitt”, p.4, A&C Black
“Money is a symbol of that life force, of its appreciation. Money can be a solidified form of love. Through the transfer of money, we facilitate love and communication with other humans. It offers us a simple system of providing for and loving and nurturing ourselves, and it is one way of expressing generosity and kindness for the less fortunate.”
“So many of the stories are about perspective and viewpoint. It's not just about seeing and revelation. The idea of having many different stories from many different perspectives has something to do with me trying to deal with the impossibility of having a wide enough view to say anything really convincing on that scale.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“There are three sayings I live by, and one of them is 'The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.' That's what losing a job is like. That's why we have to bring them back.”
“Even when all the worlds have frozen or exploded, and all the suns gone dead and cold, there'll still be time. Oh, God, what for?”

Source : Olaf Stapledon (2013). “Odd John and Sirius”, p.244, Courier Corporation
“Winning is something you've dreamed about and hoped for, so that when you get there it's no big deal. But if you lose you're gutted, and the gutted sense just goes on, and I know what that's like, because I've been having that gutted feeling since 1979.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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