"I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal."

-- Norah Jones

#New York Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Records Quotes

“These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection is rather this: "I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;" "I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours." But you, after all, are neither property nor style.”
“Every 12 years Jupiter returns to the same position in the sky; every 370 days it disappears in the fire of the Sun in the evening to the west, 30 days later it reappears in the morning to the east...[Observation in 4th century B.C.]”
“You can't make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it's quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.”

Source : Source: autoweek.com
“Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.”
“Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares”
“I dream, therefore I exist.”

Source : August Strindberg (2014). “The Confession of a Fool”, p.99, The Floating Press
“Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.”
“Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.”

Source : Peter Ralston, Laura Ralston (2011). “Zen Body-Being: An Enlightened Approach to Physical Skill, Grace, and Power”, p.24, North Atlantic Books

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