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Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. ↗

— Jacob August Riis

#before #blow #crack #did #gone

Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know. ↗

— Sen Rikyu

#first #heat #know #make #need

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#earth #knows #like #poems #returned

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! ↗

— Pat Riley

#contribute #declaring #each #ego #hardest

I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids. ↗

— LeAnn Rimes

#bringing #country #generation #i #i think

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#did #early #exploring #france #free

To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted. ↗

— George Ripley

#brightest #cheered #consecrated #devoted #future

My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

#film #films #format #good #i

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

#american #american movies #i #i think #kid

My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion. ↗

— Lee Ritenour

#already #also #been #drummer #drums