Don't wanna marry nobody, if they're already married.
Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.
The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope.
I am happy now, to recall that I was not only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him.
Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you've never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.
A band is only as good as its euphonium section.
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.
Here is good news to those to whom enthusiasm does not come naturally: It can be cultivated. At first, you must consciously put your eyes, your voice, your spirit-in a word, yourself-into your appreciation of people and events and things. Do this around your home, at your work, and in your social contacts, and you will be surprised at how quickly it will become second nature. You will find yourself living in a more gracious and enthusiastic world, for your enthusiasm will be reflected back to you from the people to whom you give it.
I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.
There's still sexism in the world, so there's still sexism in publishing and in graduate school. But it is different. Now, it's more coded and harder to detect. It was more explicit when I was in school. There were no rules against male professors asking out female students. The reverse didn't happen since female professors were rare or nonexistent. Visiting writers came, 90% of them male, and some expected that a female student would materialize as his date for the visit.
Some things you do-or you're about to do-you can just be like, 'Hey, don't do that because it means trouble. ' So I've got to back off.