"Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings."

-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Inspirational Quotes #Keys Quotes #Ivory Quotes

“The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mindâ€™s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without these abilities, we cannot function. When we drink a glass of water, drive a car, or have a conversation, we are using mindfulness and awareness.”
“To entrust the government with the power of determining the education which our children receive is entrusting our servant with the power to be our master.”
“Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's simply a thorn. It doesn't give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately. Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.”
“During the long ages of class rule, which are just beginning to cease, only one form of sovereignty has been assigned to all men--that, namely, over all women. Upon these feeble and inferior companions all men were permitted to avenge the indignities they suffered from so many men to whom they were forced to submit.”
“Vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires ... How avant-garde!”
“My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.”
“I am more than what they say I am.”
“The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.”

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