"You'll swoop from incredible highs when you're just glad to be alive, to those lows when you wish you were dead. And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent"

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Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.161, Canongate Books

Andrew Davidson

#Thinking Quotes #Wish Quotes #Alive Quotes

“I could stay here forever." "But you won't." "Maybe I will.”
“Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources”

Source : Henry Mintzberg (2015). “Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond Left, Right, and Center”, p.32, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“Americans are so dedicated to their jobs.”
“No-one wants to see anybody fail in life.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“Our human landscape is overburdened with competitions and contests. Art need not be a contest. Art is a personal quest for quality. Quality is the forerunner of acceptance. Character is the forerunner of quality. Be your own discriminating connoisseur.”
“Often touching . . . Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips . . . In his translation, Andrew Bromfield deftly shifts his tone and tools as required, remaining true to Voinovich's Vonnegut-like playfulness and appreciation of the absurb.”
“Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
“If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better.”

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