#han

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#between #birth #changes #death #great

It's a small city where I have a lot of time to think. The orchestra and I have had a chance to connect very well in this time. I think of all the millions of people in Los Angles. There aren't that many millions of people in all of Sweden. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#chance #city #connect #had #i

Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle. ↗

— Anne Dudley

#films #good #got #middle #more

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#midnight #mind #our #place #sometimes

I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#dramatic #dramatic roles #handle #i #i can

People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#because #drama #good #like #lot

The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#first #first step #less #make #spend

Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving. ↗

— Carla Bley

#because #else #important #listening #more

One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'. ↗

— Carla Bley

#art #band #better #blues #could

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every