"Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here."

-- Donald Byrd

#Distraction Quotes #Productive Quotes

“He who knows best knows how little he knows.”
“I'm tired of fighting, Dash. I guess this thing is going to get me.”
“Happy birthday! Hope your 50s will be as awesome as your 40s.”
“Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.”
“I used to come out here every Fourth of July as a child to picnic and to swim on the island, to tour the fort and wander through it. And all of that time, I never knew anything about the presence of black soldiers on the island. And so, for me, this was a way of trying to tell another history, a lost or a forgotten or a little-known history about these black soldiers who played an important part in American history.â€ Trethewey said. Coincidentally, she was born â€œexactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.”
“There is more pleasure to building castles in the air than on the ground.”
“At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.”

Source : "Spring commencement: Transcript of address by Bradley Whitford". news.wisc.edu. May 15, 2004.
“I feel completely safe in my house but all my friends are scared for me. And of course I can tell my parents panic a little. The best thing about living alone is being able to have my friends come over whenever.”

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