"We are ugly but we have the music."

-- Leonard Cohen

“I'm constantly at war with myself to quit goofing around, and the internet hasn't helped that any. I've learned that I have to be sort of exploitive about seizing moments to write. Luckily, I still write most of my first drafts by hand, so I often work in bed when I can't sleep.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.”
“Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.”
“If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.”
“Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it's richest, form is at its fullest.”
“People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.”

Source : Sparky Anderson, Dan Ewald (1990). “Sparky!”, Prentice Hall
“Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.”
“Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.”

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