"People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel"

-- Abraham Joshua Heschel

#Appreciation Quotes #People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“When you are at your lowest in life, no matter where you're at, you have to keep on going. You can't quit. You can't let it break you. You have to keep going on because life keeps going on and you have to keep going if you want to be the person you want to be.”

Source : "La'el Collins Q&A: Cowboys Rookie on Murder Investigation and Draft Plummet". Interview with Bleacher Report, bleacherreport.com.
“Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.”
“Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.”
“I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.”
“You can never stop discovering music.”

Source : "Q&A: Rashida Jones On Writing, Ron Swanson And Irrationality Over Her Race" by Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. August 02, 2012.
“I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.”
“When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.”
“I feel as though I've been very fortunate in my career, which is not all that long, so far.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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