"The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved."

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Pete Seeger

#Firsts Quotes #Steps Quotes #Admitting Quotes

“When I think of 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' there was a warmth to those teenagers that I related to. They were not aware that they were in the middle of a horror film, and I really loved those characters and I empathized with them.”
“Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue (or subjugate...) nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it. For, when all is said and done, at what is aiming all this display (or deployment) of activity, if not to realized outward profits, to provide material pleasure (or enjoyment). It is not the first time that men sell their birth right for a dish of lentils, and thus disown (or repudiate or deny) the best of thmeselves.”
“To do what you love and are passionate about is a dream come true, My life is consumed by music and entertainmentâ€” and itâ€™s the best life I could ever hope for.”
“If ministry is not about compassion and passion, let it die.”
“We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on the morning of that first flight? The anticipation of Jonas Salk as he analyzed the data that demonstrated a way to prevent polio?”
“You owe it to yourself to make your creative development a top priority.”
“George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course I did even though no one knew what the film was about!”
“I've been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.”

Source : "James Gandolfini in His Own Words" by Christopher Rosa, www.mtv.com. June 20, 2013.

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