"It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man."

-- H. Rider Haggard

#Men Quotes #Awkward Quotes #Shy Quotes

“In a pitch black room, you can affirm "let their be light" or you can light one candle.”
“There was a time in our past when one could walk down any street and be surrounded by harmonious buildings. Such a street wasn't perfect, it wasn't necessarily even pretty, but it was alive. The old buildings smiled, while our new buildings are faceless. The old buildings sang, while the buildings of our age have no music in them.”

Source : Jonathan Hale (1994). “The Old Way of Seeing”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I stand up, sure of one thing and one thing only. That my father will come and get me. He won't give me a lecture, he won't try to teach me a lesson. He won't ask a thousand questions or ask me to apologize. He'll just come and get me. "Just tell me where you are.”

Source : Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”
“When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.”
“I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.”
“In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall.”
“I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to be around for a very long time. I want to be like a Sheryl Crow or a Melissa Etheridge or even a Madonna with how her career has lasted so long and she is still respected in the music business. That's really what I am aiming for. I'm not really looking for 15 minutes of fame.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.”

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