"Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well."

-- Edith Hamilton

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“I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. Itâ€™s always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded,”
“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.”
“I'm probably going to have to work hard on my right knee for the rest of my career”

Source : "Vaughan denies being a distraction for the Ashes". www.theguardian.com. December 22, 2006.
“So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?' It's a fair enough question and one I always try to answer well- but it saddens me that it so often overshadows the more relevant questions of 'why am I writing' and 'what am I saying' and 'how do I keep it honest.”
“It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?”
“Conscience and covetousness are never to be reconciled; like fire and water they always destroy each other, according to the predominancy of the element.”
“I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.”
“Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you'll know what it means to live.”

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