"The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art."

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Source : RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”

Ralph Adams Cram

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“I've never been a jam-band sort of musician.”
“It's so much easier to have a crush on someone who you know isn't going to respond-it makes it nice and safe and you never have to humiliate yourself by getting knocked back.”

Source : Hester Browne (2006). “The Little Lady Agency”, p.258, Simon and Schuster
“People think they need to be at a ski-inski-out resort, but the reality is it's not such a big deal to jump on a shuttle.”
“I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples who make disciples, disciple cycles...”
“We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.”
“So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we really did it, which is all spontaneously, and it really was.”
“Anybody who severs their own Achilles tendon, takes blood thinners to induce a hospital stay , or beats themselves with their fists hurts themselves as much, if not more, than they benefit from the attention they derive from their actions. Con artists usually benefit from misleading others without sacrificing anything themselves. All my girls have sacrificed plenty.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The movement of life has to rest in its own music.”

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