#los

The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#ever #everything #expressed #first #i

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near. ↗

— Neil Young

#asking #close #know #near #over

It is easy to be pessimistic. These are extraordinarily difficult times, and the collective psyche is teetering. But we are closer to righting the wrongs that got us into this economic mess than most of us believe. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#closer #collective #difficult #difficult times #easy

At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#dropped #earlier #had #i #interest

We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band for at least 3 months. If it took him that long to be comfortable we probably would need double the amount, but It's just not financially possible to do so. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#amount #band #close #comfortable #double

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#already #change #favorite #minds #only

I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#here #how #i #know #legacy

I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked backstage! ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#backstage #because #close #getting #i

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#difficulties #lose #must #our #sight

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. ↗

— Thucydides

#being #causes #explosion #first #generally