quotes about Prussia

“It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.”

Source : Xiaolu Guo (2014). “Kleines Wörterbuch für Liebende: Roman”, p.95, Albrecht Knaus Verlag

“The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.”

“All truth has to be expressed in sentences... the type of sentence in nature is a flash of lightning.”

Source : Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein (2008). “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition”, p.47, Fordham University Press

“The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.”

“I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already disregarding a certain material life you could have.”

Source : "Q&A: David Chase Beyond The Sopranos". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. October 9, 2012.

“I don't want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve.”

“Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned.”

“An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force.”

“I listen to NPR and baseball games when I'm in my car. I mean, exclusively NPR and baseball games, and that's it, as far as the radio.”

“Homemaking is about making a home, not about making perfection.”