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"When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love."
"Inspiration, move me brightly, light the song with sense and color, hold away despair"
"If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there."
"I'm sure that writing isn't a craft, that is, something for which you learn the skills and go on turning out. It must come from some deep impulse, deep inspiration. That can't be taught, it can't be what you use in teaching."
"Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do)."
"Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration."
"The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It is through the power of meditation all scientific facts are discovered today. They study the subject and forget everything, their own identity and everything, and then the great fact comes like a flash."
"If your job is inspiration you have to go at it at all costs."
"You are the equal of the idol who has given you your inspiration"
"There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind."
"When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare"
"We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy."
"Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard"
"Those who become incoculated with the virus of race hatred are more unfortunate than the victim of it. Race hatred is the most malignant poison that can afflict the mind. It freezes up the fount of inspiration and chills the higher faculties of the soul."
"I'll never forget my wedding day... they threw vitamin pills"
"I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract."
"For me, love is happiness and inspiration."
"The last step in parental love involves the release of the beloved; the willing cutting of the cord that would otherwise keep the child in a state of emotional dependence."
"The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession."
"All an actor has, I think, is their heart, really,...that's the place you go for your inspiration. If my heart wasn't filled with them, where would I get stuff? What would I have to express?"
