"Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day"

-- Smokey Robinson

#Artist Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Motown Quotes

“The heart is natures most immense untapped resource. Utilising the power of the heart is the most significant choice you will make in life.”
“...rise above selfishness. This includes spiritual selfishness, when one looks toward personal edification and strengthening and has no other interest than one's own salvation. To be blessed is not an end in itself; we must be a blessing to others. All people have a talent in one way or another to touch and inspire other people's lives. Let us not only look inward and proudly say 'all is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth' (2 Ne. 28:21), but let us be a light unto a chaotic world.”
“I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.”
“That's all I have to say about that.”
“I have a feeling that in art the need to understand and the need to communicate are one.”

Source : "Patterns of Thought: Hedda Sterne". Interview with Joan Simon, www.artinamericamagazine.com. April 15, 2011.
“Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengthsâ€”the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the astute politician, the frustrated warrior. This is a deeply moving account of the last years of a very great man,”
“I think of dieting, then I eat pizza.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.”

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