"And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the financial struggle, our egos, I do it too, I do it too, but if you can't remember it is all about the work and nothing else then I can't help you and you can't help yourself and you will lose. I promise you. You will lose."

-- Jami Attenberg

#Disappointment Quotes #Block Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am still of the same opinion. Imagination, industry [hard work], and intelligence-the three I's-are all indispensable to the actor, but of these three the greatest is, without any doubt, imagination.”

Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”
“Open your mind before you open your mouth”

Source : Subroto Bagchi (2009). “Go Kiss the World: Life Lessons for the Young Professional”, p.223, Penguin Books India
“It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.”
“To help break the cycle of domestic violence, we must allow survivors to take time off from work without fear of losing their job, to go to court, to see a doctor or to find a safe place to live.”
“Obviously, Jews gain certain advantages by promoting the Holocaust idea. It inspires tremendous financial aid for Israel. It makes organized Jewry almost immune from criticism. Whether the Holocaust is real or not, the Jews clearly have a motive for fostering the idea that it occurred. Not only do they have a motive, but they have the means with the media domination they now hold.”
“When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.”
“Do you wanna play? Everyone's dead, so I got bored. Did you come to play with me? --Wrath”
“At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk is that I heard ancient Africa in his music. When he played, it was like a ballet. He captured the sound of the universe. Monk could take a triad, a simple chord, and make it sound dissonant. I'm sure that element he had in his piano was part of the two years he spent traveling with his mother in gospel music in the tent shows.”

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