"I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money."

-- John Mellencamp

#Art Quotes #New York Quotes #League Quotes

“It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”
“Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.”
“Imagine that the world is a circle, that God is the center, and that the radii are the different ways human beings live. When those who wish to come closer to God walk towards the center of the circle, they come closer to one another at the same time as to God. The closer they come to God, the closer they come to one another. And the closer they come to one another, the closer they come to God.”
“Those most likely to be raped or sexually assaulted are young women between the ages of 16 and 24, women with their whole lives ahead of them. This one act of violence will alter their lives forever.”
“The feeling of being happy or unhappy rarely depends on our absolute state, but on our perception of the situation, on our capacity to be satisfied with what we have.”
“I would love to play your common, everyday guy, but I never get cast as that.”
“A long time ago, I made the commitment to dedicate at least one song per album to God. He has been very good to me, and never for one minute do I want Him to think I've forgotten, because I haven't.”
“The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”

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