#hen

When you're being looked at very hard, it's very hard to look back. And that made me stop paying attention to the world in a way that allowed me then to write about it. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#allowed #attention #back #being #hard

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M. ↗

— John Tesh

#because #contract #could #day #half

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#better place #concerted #concerted effort #effort #else

So many people feel that once you reach a certain age then it's time for you to retire from a sport you love. I don't think that's true at all. I think age should not dictate that. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#certain #certain age #dictate #feel #i

When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities. ↗

— Alison Moyet

#embarrassed #find #front #peers #priorities

And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in harmony, then it's actually making a huge difference on a subatomic level that is actually transforming the world. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#along #difference #harmony #huge #huge difference

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#being myself #closest #competition #decided #discovery

I didn't know if I had the music for it or if I could pull off the larger concert experience. Then I realized if I can just continue to be myself, I'll be all right. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#continue #could #experience #had #i

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#because #come #earth #heaven #kingdom

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#also #began #century #cry #end