"The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave it alone and to let it develop quite naturally, and to let the person go on as long as possible with the sheer joy of singing."

-- Jessye Norman

#Voice Quotes #Long Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I feel as healthy as I've ever felt.”
“When a doctor arrives to attend some patient of the working class, he ought not to feel his pulse the moment he enters, as is nearly always done without regard to the circumstances of the man who lies sick; he should not remain standing while he considers what he ought to do, as though the fate of a human being were a mere trifle; rather let him condescend to sit down for awhile.”

Source : Bernardino Ramazzini (1983). “Diseases of workers”
“Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away like a paper boat, taken from her by the water licking at her ankles.”
“Each day, each noise I gather explodes, leaving me to death; to rest in the solace of silence & to be re-born.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 18, 2014
“Britain, with the most completely socialized health system in the West, now spends the lowest fraction of GNP on health care of any major nation. There are frequent complaints of excessive waits for elective surgery and other inconveniences, but British citizens live slightly longer than Americans, on average, and our overall health conditions are comparable.”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1984). “The economic illusion: false choices between prosperity and social justice”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.”
“There are really no guidelines whatsoever, because this is the kind of thing that only happens to ME.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2006). “Notes from the Midnight Driver”
“You can't click through a book, you can't hyperlink and jump out of it. It requires a little bit more of a regular engagement.”

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