"People don't make changes because things are wonderful."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

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“Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started late. But it's not unusual. I discovered I had a voice. I wanted to be a pianist when I was seven, and circumstances didn't allow that I studied it.”

Source : "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.
“Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.”
“There's nothing to stop a man from writing unlessÂ that manÂ stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will.Â Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longerÂ he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of risingÂ water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laughÂ as you sleep, it will make you stride like a tiger, it will fireÂ the eye and put you face to face with death. You will die a fighter,Â you will be honored in hell. The luck of the word. Go with it, send it.”
“Sometimes in New York, you're walking down the street and you realize there's a girl walking in front of you whose thighs you could hit a golf ball through, and maybe that makes you depressed.”
“Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.”
“I'm really glad that I spent my twenties messing around and having disaster after disaster - with people who were doing likewise - because it's really my greatest treasure now.”
“The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they donâ€™t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think theyâ€™re going to go home one night and have the girl theyâ€™ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever somethingâ€™s too good to be true, thatâ€™s because itâ€™s a con.”
“I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world did that man or that woman sit down at a typewriter, a computer or a pen and an ink well, and seemingly have nothing come between their heart and that pen.”

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