#disc

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#being myself #closest #competition #decided #discovery

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#beholden #cared #chose #die #discoveries

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. ↗

— John Muir

#about #as far as #discontented #far #fast

It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together. ↗

— Kate Mulgrew

#closely #confusion #discomfort #group #kind

I had a teacher in art school who said something about the only works he really enjoyed seeing or found much in were works where he had a sense that a discovery was made in the course of making this object. I like to hold to that as my marching orders. ↗

— Martin Mull

#art #art school #course #discovery #enjoyed

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#certain #could #disciplined #emotions #literature

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. ↗

— George Murray

#fiction #i #loved #more #poetry

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#burns #christopher #columbus #discount #even

It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#discover #extraordinary #new #new things #study

Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#clinton #cool #define #himself #many