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Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance.
All important things in art have always originated from the deepest feeling about the mystery of Being.
If I could kick the person in the tail that causes me the most problems I could not sit down for a week
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.
I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools.
When there is no turning back, then we should concern ourselves only with the best way of going forward.
The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.
Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.
The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.
People who are different are dangerous; they belong to another tribe; they want our lands and our women.
There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.
Why, in our age of science, [do] we still have laws and policies which come from an age of superstition?
We Virginians do not go to the storied shrines of the past to do worship but rather to gain inspiration.
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men.
To me, the creative inspiration is endless and coming in all sorts of different directions at all times.
Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
My biggest inspiration is to work with interesting filmmakers and learn from them in any way that I can.
No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
The best way to serve God is by going in search of your own dreams. Only the happy can spread happiness.
Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand.
Coaching isn't a great mystery. It's Just hard work, determination, and inspiration at the right moment.
If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.
The judgment of music, like the inspiration for it, must come slow and measured, if it comes with truth.
Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.
Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.
Don't hang on to your failures, because you can always try again. Trying gives hope. Hope gives us life.
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from.
Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach.
As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.
I think Oprah who is the height of aspiration and inspiration recognizes something in me that is germane.
I believe in intuition and inspiration...at times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.
Mothers, whatever you wish your children to become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation.
It's possible, although far-fetched, that in the future we could think of cancer being used as a therapy.
I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.
He is also a victim of some injustice; he usually tries to be alone, in order to show his pain to others.
[Richard Feynman] truly believed that if you couldn't explain something simply, you didn't understand it.