"We must begin looking at each other as brothers and sisters...and not walking brochures. We must see each other's strengths and encourage those strengths....We must see each others weaknesses and be patient with those weaknesses... sometimes even look beyond what we see as "weaknesses" and move on with compassion and love and respect. That takes true faith."

-- Dawud Wharnsby Ali

#Wisdom Quotes #Brother Quotes #Moving Quotes

“I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.”

Source : Milton Babbitt (2011). “The Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt”, p.53, Princeton University Press
“In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money toward the end of the chain, and still worse losers are the people (e.g., those on fixed incomes such as annuities, interest, or pensions) who never receive the new money.”
“If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven't figured it out yet.”
“Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell everything he represents. So how could I ever exhaust my interest in it?”
“I love motion-capture, because you're just free. It's like when you're a little kid, and you say, "Okay, we're the army men. We're going over the mountain." Or, in this case, "We're walking through the swamp" or "Walking through the casino." And it's just a blank room.”
“And soon all of us will sleep under the earth, we who never let each other sleep above it.”

Source : Marina Tsvetaeva (2011). “Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems”, p.31, Carcanet
“Folks, this is perfect weather for today's game. Not a breath of air.”
“Ordinary [people] avoid troubles. Extraordinary [people] turn them into advantage.”

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