"A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't."

-- Mark Twain

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“In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.”

Source : "Abbie Cornish Talks THE GIRL, Relating to Her Character, The Remake of ROBOCOP, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 14, 2012.
“Who you allow into the circle of your life will make the difference in the quality of your life.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2007). “The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery”, p.210, BookBaby
“I'm going to come back to West Virginia when this is over. There's something ancient and deeply-rooted in my soul. I like to think that I have left my ghost up one of those hollows, and I'll never really be able to leave for good until I find it. And I don't want to look for it, because I might find it and have to leave." - from a letter to his mother Helen Pancake that Breece wrote in Charlottesville, where he was studying writing.”
“I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like I was the final authority on whether or not I was anything like a writer. (I'm a timid soul.) I just kept writing stories, because becoming a veterinarian seemed as if it involved too much dissection.”
“I'm a very compulsive person, so I spend most of my time drawing or writing my diary, patching things up and carving bits of wood - I've carved two of my guitars.”
“Staring at the blank page before you, Open up the dirty window, Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find.”

Source : Song: Unwritten, Album: Unwritten, 2004
“I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.”
“There is nothing more seductive â€” and dangerous â€” than being listened to.”

Source : Donald Antrim (2011). “The Verificationist: A Novel”, p.49, Macmillan

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