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No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#book #bumped #cape #dead #desert

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#am #come #first #get #good

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open. ↗

— James Broughton

#challenges #individual #lay #open #trusting

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic. ↗

— James Broughton

#built #eight #had #i #lantern

We were at Pye Studios for half an hour so we set the gear up and we did two tracks. A month later we found out it was selling thirty thousand copies a day. ↗

— Georgie Fame

#day #did #found #gear #half

I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse. ↗

— Juan Manuel Fangio

#ball #bash #billiards #cue #drive

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand. ↗

— Juan Manuel Fangio

#car #changed #component #damaged #driver

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. ↗

— A. Whitney Brown

#because #hate #i #i am #i love

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait. ↗

— A. Whitney Brown

#bombs #find #high #high school #kuwait

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up. ↗

— Les Brown

#back up #because #down #get #knocks