"We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and indeed perhaps more."

-- Pearl S. Buck

#Joy Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Illness Quotes

“One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.”

Source : "'Glee Project' Winner Samuel Larsen Talks Mentoring, Temptation and Romancing Quinn" by Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 12, 2012.
“Itâ€™s called mind over matter. If we donâ€™t mind, it doesnâ€™t matter.â€ When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.”
“The goblins want girls who dream so hard about being pretty their yearning leaves a palpable trail, a scent goblins can follow like sharks on a soft bloom of blood. The girls with hungry eyes who pray each night to wake up as someone else. Urgent, unkissed, wishful girls. Like Kizzy.”
“The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.”
“The army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in purpose, and in an invincible patriotism. And, therefore, the country is in no danger. In justice strong, in peace secure, and in devotion to the flag all one.”
“I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.”
“Africans should be talking and ask questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy and yet are not democratic themselves.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: I cried when I saw Fela! On Broadway - Femi Kuti". Interview with Sam Umukoro, www.premiumtimesng.com. June 17, 2013.
“I am rather what we usually call a Pop pianist with my own romantic style.”

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