"Sacrificing one's life on the altar of literature is in some ways like sacrificing a goat to some malicious spirit. It's not always a humane or necessary decision."

-- Matthew Specktor

#Sacrifice Quotes #Decision Quotes #Literature Quotes

“The way I see it, truth only looks good when you're looking at it from far away. It's kind of like that beautiful girl you see on the street when you're riding past in the bus...there she is, this amazing girl walking by on the street, and you think if you could only get off this stupid bus and introduce yourself to her, your life would change. The thing is, she's not as perfect as you think, and if you ever got off the bus to introduce yourself, you'd find out... This girl is truth. She's not so pretty, not so nice. But then, once you get to know her, all that stuff doesn't seem to matter.”
“Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good, that can be followed by the other musicians and that the audience enjoys. You cannot do that without first acquiring skills.”

Source : Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.
“The only time a lazy man ever succeeds is when he tries to do nothing.”
“I think what we need is better understanding of how to do risk analysis of a CDO, but that they still can perform a very valuable function because they can aggregate these risks and pass them around so that mortgages or other kinds of loans can be packaged and sold to investors all over the world, who in most times, would justify a small amount of each one.”
“Movies are one of the bad habits that have corrupted our century. They have slipped into the American mind more misinformation in one evening than the Dark Ages could muster in a decade.”
“I'm a baritone. Baritones don't mature until late.”
“Religious faith, indeed, relates to that which is above us, but it must arise from that which is within us.”

Source : Josiah Royce (1911). “William James and Other Essays on the Philosophy of Life”
“It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious.”

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