"I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of any original determination that they bring into the world; and, secondly, that the great stream of our voluntary actions essentially depends, not upon the direct and immediate impulses of sense, but upon the decisions of the understanding."

-- William Godwin

#Determination Quotes #Two Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Every something is an echo of nothing”
“Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.”
“I'm very open-minded.”
“Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been within the realm of possibility.”
“We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate”
“Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle's light.”
“nature knows no sex limitations and does not bestow brains upon men alone. Daughters inherit gifts exactly as often and as much as sons.”
“I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.”

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