"Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible."

-- Hannah Arendt

#Future Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Broken Promises Quotes

“The evil works from a bad center both ways. It demoralizes those who practice it and destroys the faith of those who suffer by it in the efficiency of the law as a safe protector”

Source : Benjamin Harrison, United States. President (1889-1893 : Harrison) (1969). “Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1901: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”
“Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that theres a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.”

Source : "Solo: Women Singer-songwriters in Their Own Words". Book by Marc Woodworth, 1998.
“I really love the piano and I feel very fortunate that I am able to play and travel all over the world as my career.”
“We taste Thee, O Thou Living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.”
“My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.”

Source : "Joshua Ferris Interview: Rock Star in the Book Store". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2010.
“My horses are my friends, not my slaves.”
“Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.”
“Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.”

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