"Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not."

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Harold Prince

#Self Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Valuable Quotes

“To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.”
“My grandfather was a small-town doctor and he used to say that I was missing a gene that told me that some giant risk I am about to take with my life is both stupid and dangerous. I'm grateful for this. Everything worthwhile that we create in life requires a leap of faith.”

Source : "Say 'Ello' to the Guy Who Invented an Alternative to Facebook" by Alyssa Newcomb, abcnews.go.com. September 30, 2014.
“I started playing instruments. Writing didn't come until later. I didn't know how to play a keyboard but I'd listen to hits off the radio, learn them, then my hands would be ready to play.”
“I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the truth.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“Pay close attention to when you're being the real you & when you're trying to impress an invisible jury.”

Source : Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.64, Penguin
“The Spirit of God is not something less than God, - it is God.”
“What can be sustained and repeated without emptying out?”
“I'm familiar with the Palestinian mentality, the culture, religion, and when I had information coming in on a daily basis: secrets about personal lives, politicians, what they are hiding from their society that most people don't see, I started to see the picture in a different way.”

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