#hem

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#characteristic #look #project #themselves #upon

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#endurance #finest #gives #life #lives

I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites. ↗

— Tom Waits

#i #i think #just #names #sailors

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too. ↗

— Tom Waits

#go #learn #listening #made #make

All records are riddles, and whatever you may want people to think it's about, it may just be throwing them off. And you don't want it to get in the way of what someone else's understanding is. It's not really about anything. At the same time, it will find some meaning. ↗

— Tom Waits

#anything #else #find #get #just

I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you. ↗

— Tom Waits

#become #build #building #carefully #crow

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way. ↗

— Tom Waits

#almost #any #constant #constant state #create

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like that with music - parts of your musical psyche have never met other parts. You wonder if you should get them together. ↗

— Tom Waits

#get #know #like #met #music

For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been a little tired. I haven't lost any weight. ↗

— Grete Waitz

#any #been #best #bland #chemotherapy

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#cinemas #films #gained #made #new