#thou

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#clarity #complaining #contribute #could #emotional

I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#circumstance #i #myself #painter #thought

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#am #beginning #best #heavy #i

You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#day #even #heart #one day #realize

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury in the Art of Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#art #control #inflicting #injure #injury

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#alone #cave #courage #doubtful #escort

I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#any #been #better #catch #country

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#exercise #hard #notes #out #over

But in this case, he had my cell phone and my phone was ringing and I had just come back from Australia on the plane and I thought it was my mum and it was Woody Allen just checking to see if I wanted to be in his movie. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#australia #back #case #cell #cell phone

So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#around #art #did #fantasy #film