"I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort."

-- Calvin Coolidge

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.”
“I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer.”
“Not becoming 'something' scares me the most. I just want to be remembered for something great.”
“I dream, therefore I exist.”

Source : August Strindberg (2014). “The Confession of a Fool”, p.99, The Floating Press
“In my years of working in theatre and TV I've learnt that my main skill is not the instrumental playing but the idea of what to play and my interest for so many kinds of music. Often people ask me to contribute to projects when they don't stay in just one genre. I feel more like a composer who just has to play his own things.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views, Life's little cares and little pains refuse? Shall he not rather feel a double share Of mortal woe, when doubly arm'd to bear?”
“If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The fact that they do not, despite their being surrounded by print, suggests that learning to read is not a spontaneous or simple skill.”

Source : David Elkind (2009). “The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition”, p.36, Da Capo Press
“It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid”

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