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John C. Maxwell quote: "Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others."
Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others. John C. Maxwell
I wanted to put my hand to an enormous paean which would unify my vision of America with words spilled out in the modern spontaneous method. Instead of just a horizontal account of travels on the road, I wanted a vertical, metaphysical study. ... This feeling may soon be obsolete as America enters its High Civilization period and no one will get sentimental or poetic any more about trains and dew on fences at dawn in Missouri. Jack Kerouac
Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart. Shinichi Suzuki
John Wooden quote: "It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who..."
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. John Wooden
Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have only known the back of the world. We see everything from behind, and it looks brutal. That is not a tree, but the back of a tree. That is not a cloud, but the back of a cloud. Cannot you see that everything is stooping and hiding a face? If we could only get round in front-- Gilbert K. Chesterton
Shirley Hazzard quote: "It's nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state..."
It's nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums of money to get rid of. Shirley Hazzard
Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It has its own melody, it has its own words. Very few people get to sing their song. Most of us fear that we cannot do it justice with our voices, or that our words are too foolish or too honest, or too odd. So people live their song instead. Neil Gaiman
John Steinbeck quote: "Nobody changes. Nobody gets hurt."
Nobody changes. Nobody gets hurt. John Steinbeck
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin
Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, sooner or later something's gonna get you. David Sedaris
Maybe I`m getting to the age when I`m starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people are so angry now. You used to be able to disagree with people and still be friends. Now you hear these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the Right and the Left. Clint Eastwood
Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to VOTE. Stephen Colbert
Alain de Botton quote: "Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile..."
Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound. Alain de Botton
Now look," snapped the Dean, "we've searched everywhere for a decent library on this island. There simply isn't one! It's ridiculous. How is anyone supposed to get anything done? Terry Prachett
What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that. Tyler Perry

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