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Man has no greater enemy than himself. ↗

— Petrarch

#greater #himself #man #than

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#becoming #career #goals #happened #kind

I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#find #generally #grateful #i #lot

Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#amount #artists #back #columbia #companies

I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment? ↗

— Liz Phair

#challenge #character #driving #emotion #feeling

I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. ↗

— Liz Phair

#hard #how #i #i do #kind

I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube. ↗

— Liz Phair

#catch #general #hanging #i #just

Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good. ↗

— Liz Phair

#did #good #me #never #perfection

I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#along #back #change #change things #coming