"As everything in this world is but a sham. Death is the only sincerity."

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Source : "Hagakure". Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#War Quotes #World Quotes #Sincerity Quotes

“On the one hand it is said that the aim and object of music is to excite emotions, i.e., pleasurable emotions; on the other hand, the emotions are said to be the subject matter which musical works are intended to illustrate. Both propositions are alike in this, that one is as false as the other.”
“It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters.”

Source : Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.93, Read Books Ltd
“Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child.”
“When a lovely flame dies, Smoke gets in your eyes.”

Source : "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (song) (1933)
“If the risk is high, the reward is high... Why not roll the dice?”
“I was excited about working with Richard Gere. Oh, and Joan Allen! Oh, my God, she is such a force of nature, it's mind boggling.”
“I have been working since I was 14, nonstop.”

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