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Inspirational Quotes
"Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words."
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"Wildflowers can't be controlled, and neither can the girl with a soul boundless as the sky, and a spirit as free and wild as the ocean."
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"This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail."
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"Positively Inspired Man of Purpose, my style is P.I.M.P.'ish."
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"Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before ..."
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"Right now I may not have it all, but I know my future is bright because as long as I live there is hope for my situation."
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"One could make a nice link between imagination and spirit. To make that link, all we need is some inspiration. Essentially, imagination has the innate potential to compel or inspire and to set in motion causation. That's why it exists."
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"Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself."
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"We can escape any hardship with hope in our heart."
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"Your sacred contribution in the world is the service to humanity."
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"A star needs a star."
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"I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book."
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"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars."
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"If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To attain any kind of life in this universe of ours appears to be quite an achievement. As humans we are doubly lucky, of course: We enjoy not only the privilege of existence but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better. It is a talent we have only barely begun to grasp."
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"Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going."
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"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future."
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"One woman filled with self love and self acceptance is a model more super than any cover girl."
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"The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort."
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"'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want."
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"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
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"The more you've struggled, the more inspiring your story will be when you come out the other side. Do not give up. Today's struggle brings tomorrow's wisdom."
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"I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives."
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"Every great inspiration is but an experiment."
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"This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world."
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"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."
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"Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others."
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"The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day."
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"Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State."
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"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes.After that I liked jazz music.Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened."
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"An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany."
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"Dream big. Start small. Begin today."
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"I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan."
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"We all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a real business doing it?"
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"Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm."
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"Events circumstances etc. have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown."
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"Perhaps the gift you seek already resides within you awaiting the day you choose to unwrap it."
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"The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes that slumbers all the rest of the day and night. Little is to be expected of that day, if it can be called a day, to which we are not awakened by our Genius, but by the mechanical nudgings of some servitor, are not awakened by our own newly acquired force and aspirations from within.... After a partial cessation of his sensuous life, the soul of man, or its organs rather, are reinvigorated each day, and his Genius tries again what noble life it can make... The Vedas say, "All intelligences awake with the morning." All poets and heroes, like Memnon, are the children of Aurora, and emit their music at sunrise."
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"Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is a relentless force. Faith is relentless force. The human spirit is relentless, and the human heart outlasts - and can defeat - even the most relentless force of all, which is time."
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"The talks were like blood transfusions, moments of realness and hope that were pinpricks of light in the dark fabric of small-town life."
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"Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun."
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"The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams."
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"May the New Year bring you new grace, new gladness and new glory."
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"And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can."
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"Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching."
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"Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration."
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"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings."
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