"Sustained intensity equals ecstacy."

-- Wynton Marsalis

#Jazz Quotes #Intensity Quotes

“Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day. It's the mood and the purpose at the inception of each day that are the important facts in charting your course for the day. We can always square away for a fresh start, no matter what the past has been. It's today that is the paramount problem always. Yesterday is but history.”
“The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men.”
“Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.”
“Break eggs to make omlettes, never be complacent or think 'I've got a career here, I've got to keep it going'.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages.”

Source : Fredric Jameson (2009). “Valences of the Dialectic”, Verso Books
“When people say that a certain sport is not a sport - have them play that sport and see if they can do it. Golf is one of the hardest sports you've ever played. Bowling is all about concentration, it's all about focus, it's all about aim.”
“There are many excellent guitar players but I have to say Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are still at the top! There are many imitators but very few genuine articles. There is so much more to playing than a fast blur of notes, like feeling and emotion from the soul. It's like punctuating a sentence and knowing when to lay back and not fill up all the space. Those are the things I tried to teach my son Tim when he began playing.”
“To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in.”

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