"My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?"

-- Duke Ellington

#Writing Quotes #Problem Quotes #Interest Quotes

“The grace of God is abundant. It is for all lands, for all ages, for all conditions. It seems to undergird everything. Pardon for the worst sin, comfort for the sharpest suffering, brightest light for the thickest darkness.”

Source : Thomas De Witt Talmage (1875). “Daily Thoughts”, p.240
“There is no such thing as a people who are all wicked or even all good. Everyone chooses. But even they, even they looked at people and saw only tools. No one is a cup for another to drink from.”
“I used to follow trends and try to do exactly what I saw in the magazines, but I'm not a Victoria's Secret model who can wear anything.”
“Buy all shoes, both street and running, slightly longer and wider than your bigger foot. Also, avoid pointed shoes. You'll save yourself needless foot pain.”
“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Rohypnol”
“I just donâ€™t want to come down to that level of societyâ€¦.the ones who sit by their televisions, drink their beer, their guts fat, vicariously living someone elseâ€™s life, in a destructive way. I want a positive way.”
“There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money; for when money can be had in this way, repayment is seldom thought of in time, the interest becomes a loss, exertions to raise it by dent of industry cease, it comes easy and is spent freely, and many things (are) indulged in that would never be thought of if (they were) to be purchased by the sweat of the brow.”
“His star will forever shine.”

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