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Librettist Inspirational Quotes (7321)

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Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.
Mel Brooks
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Organic growth is a cyclical process it is just as true to say that the oak is a potential acorn as it is to say the acorn is a potential oak. But the process of writing a poem, of making any art object, is not cyclical but a motion in one direction toward a definite end.
W. H. Auden
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If you want to make life easy, make it hard.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Nothing is more true, more real, than the primeval magnetic disturbances that two souls may communicate to one another, through the tiny sparks of a moment's glance.
Victor Hugo
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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends
Victor Hugo
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May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?
W. H. Auden
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Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
Lillian Hellman
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Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely.
Anthony Burgess
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I shall never complain of the tedium of the city again.
Alison Croggon
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At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant: all that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge of a blue wildflower, the distant bleat and clink of grazing goats.
Alison Croggon
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There is a great force in renunciation of power that those who are blinded by the lust for domination cannot understand because those who truly love do not desire power.
Alison Croggon
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There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.
Alison Croggon
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There come a few times in a person's life where there is a clear choice, Cadvan said. The difference between one person and another is how they meet that choice.
Alison Croggon
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What difference, being a pawn for the Light or a pawn for the Dark? There is a great difference. One difference is that for the Dark, certainly, you are a pawn. For the Light, you are a free human being, free to make mistakes, to do wrong, even. You are free to choose, whether or not you believe it.
Alison Croggon
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I would rather die than stay there. Well, you might die.
Alison Croggon
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Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.
Alison Croggon
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Never be ashamed of your love, he said gently. The only thing to be ashamed of is denying your love. That is what makes the shadow grow within your heart that is the darkening of the Light. And we all have many loves.
Alison Croggon
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Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.
Alison Croggon
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There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.
Alison Croggon
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And then like thunder broke the frost, The chill wall fell, and morrowless Immortal maid and man embraced, Their light and shadow mingling.
Alison Croggon
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You have a great heart, but will only find it to be so through great pain. This is the wisdom of love, and its doubtful gift. . . . I have endured much suffering and still remain unbitter and unclosed.
Alison Croggon
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It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt, said Saliman quietly. The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.
Alison Croggon
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Nothing is ever truly gone... Not for me, nor for any human being. We can only go forward, unless we are guests in some enchantment that is not is ours. We are condemned to an endless present, and we can never go back-the source of all our joy, and all our sorrow. -Hem at Zelika's grave
Alison Croggon
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It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.
Alison Croggon
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