"You are the instrument of your own illumination."

-- Vivian Gornick

#Illumination Quotes #Instruments Quotes

“Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?”

Source : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.265, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“You're not hardcore, unless you live hardcore”

Source : FaceBook post by Jack Black from Jul 12, 2014
“Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.”
“I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.”
“Acting is easier than skating in ia way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.”
“That's how it all started, when I met my wife. My music career, even though I started when I was 16, it never really started till I was like 30, when I started singing and writing my own songs, and that's when it really took off. But prior to that, I was just doing a bunch of covers.”

Source : Source: www.hamptons.com
“Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

Source : Abraham Lincoln, Jack Stevenson (2017). “Abraham Lincoln: 100 Influential Quotes of My Life”, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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