"Choose your parents wisely."

-- Bertrand Russell

“An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.”
“It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.”
“Be true in your relationship with the Sovereign Creator, for He is the greatest one with whom you could relate in all your affairs and states. Know that He cares for those who turn to Him; relieves difficulties for them; is there for them in every circumstance, condition and change; and He shelters them in His Mercy, Grace, Pardon and Forgiveness.”
“Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.”

Source : "Cee Lo Green: 'I've been such an oddball my whole life'". Interview with Caspar Llewellyn Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2010.
“Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.”
“Not everybody has time to pay attention fully, or not everybody has the time to read a book. Some people refuse to read books, and I'm just an unread book. Open me!”
“I'm basically the idea person. I'm not physically involved in the production. I don't have the necessary abilities, so I go to the top people.”

Source : Interview with Klaus Ottmann, www.jca-online.com. October 1986.
“I owe my solitude to other people.”

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