"We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have"

-- Frank A. Clark

#Inspiration Quotes #Unhappy Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops”
“It will be cheering to know that many people are skillful chessplayers, though in many instances their brains, in a general way, compare unfavorably with the cognitive faculties of a rabbit.”
“All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another.”

Source : Francine Prose (2009). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.16, Harper Collins
“I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility.”
“A single note, held in an amber suspension of time, like a charcoal drawing of Icarus falling. It was sad and fierce all at once, alive with a lonely purity. It went on and on, until my own lungs were burning. â€œWhat bird are you calling?â€ I asked finally, when I couldnâ€™t stand it any longer. The Bird Man stopped whistling. He grinned, so that I could see all his pebbly teeth. â€œYou.”
“Peace in its real sense can never be achieved by military measures or technical fixes... It is high time for us to focus our attention on the real problems which are threatening all of us - in fact, life on this planet.”

Source : Hans-Peter Durr's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 1987.
“With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.”
“Wise men still seek Him today.”

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