Quotes of Virgil Thomson

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I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.

- Virgil Thomson

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“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving. ”

- Fulton J. Sheen

“ A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring. ”

- Pat Cher

“ In this world, it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid. ”

- Josephine Angelini

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy. ”

- Helen Fisher

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ I want to stand in front Allah proud of how well I treated back in dunya. ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk. ”

- Robert T. Kiyosaki

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie