"Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it."

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Source : Edgar Albert Guest (1921*). “Poems: A Souvenir”

Edgar Guest

#Would Be Quotes #Done Quotes #Faces Quotes

“In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these components in a new way.”

Source : Eric Kandel (2012). “The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present”, p.508, Random House
“My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.”
“Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said I'd miss the hundredth anniversary unless I pumped the thing out in six months, because I'd been delaying and dilly dallying for so long. So he both inspired me to get up early and write.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“The more you go on, the less you need people standing between you and the animal and the camera waving their arms about.”
“In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.”
“Before prayer changes others, it first changes us.”
“Ironically, I have been putting out more new music since I left the label. When all the cooks are removed from the kitchen, all of a sudden you just want to cook all the time. There is this really great freedom in having an organic fan base that you built that loves what you do and supports you no matter what. I'm never gonna be superrich. But I'm never gonna be broke either.”

Source : Source: www.washingtontimes.com
“The tears of God are the meaning of history”

Source : Nicholas Wolterstorff (1987). “Lament for a Son”, p.90, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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