"To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Elliott Yamin

#Inspiration Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.”
“How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.”

Source : Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.18, Vintage
“Religious beliefs...should never be an excuse to treat people badly.”
“Good, bad, and indifferent - It takes all sorts to make a world.”
“You can't really hit or miss on one outing.”
“For most of my career I've been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval.”

Source : Delmore Schwartz (1989). “Last & Lost Poems”, p.53, New Directions Publishing
“Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.”

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