#ex

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#am #been #challenge #degree #demanded

In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue. ↗

— Johann Arndt

#christian #continually #crosses #death #exercise

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision. ↗

— Sholem Asch

#country #experience #far #illness #into

Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth! ↗

— Malcolm Arnold

#am #another #been #donald #expert

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

#anything #essence #essentially #express #exterior

The human mind and body are truly extraordinary. They are the quintessence of excellence in motion. We talk, touch, see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. We dream, aspire, and become. All that we are is mind and body and spirit—that is our universe. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#human #mind-body-spirit #no-excuses #spiritual-quotes #dreams

We need to take excellent care of our customers, and do so at a profit. ↗

— Gerard Arpey

#customers #excellent #need #our #profit

I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster. ↗

— David Arquette

#act #cause #gangster #given #i

Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me - I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations. ↗

— Jane Asher

#because #business #buying #cake #cakes

I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship. ↗

— Patricia Arquette

#each #enjoy #honest #humor #i