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Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

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It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

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We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

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Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem. ↗

— John Braine

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If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world. ↗

— David Brainerd

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When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor. ↗

— Peter Facinelli

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Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him. ↗

— David Brainerd

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First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. ↗

— David Brainerd

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We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God. ↗

— David Brainerd

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Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others. ↗

— David Brainerd

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