"The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that."

-- Cyndi Lauper

#People Quotes #Creative Quotes #Brave Quotes

“Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you're not busy being born, you're busy dying.”

Source : Walter Isaacson (2011). “Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Einstein”, p.693, Simon and Schuster
“The test of character is not persistence when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel. The true test is performance and persistence when you see no light coming.”
“You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.”

Source : "Overlong, overrated and unmoving: Roddy Doyle's verdict on James Joyce's Ulysses" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2004.
“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.”
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
“This is probably very obvious but I feel very lonely. I miss the person I want to be with the most.”
“Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that a great song, our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story. Film, television, if you don't have that story, nothing else matters. You don't call anybody else or direct anybody. The same with a song. A great song can make the worst singer in the world a star.”
“Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.”

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