#gr

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player. ↗

— James Iha

#becoming #better #could #day #decision

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. ↗

— James Iha

#grew #i #suburbs #up

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#creativity #doorway #effort #give #groaning

But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#everywhere #i #i think #incomplete #nature

The gratification of desire is not happiness. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#gratification #happiness

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#am #basic #belief #brings #democracy

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation. ↗

— Paracelsus

#daily #daily bread #grants #labour #must

But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show. ↗

— Michael Imperioli

#especially #great #great work #james #last

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#compassion #courage #destroy #disaster #even

The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background. ↗

— Kim Jong Il

#carried #family #family background #means #out