„If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do–and don't do it.“
— Tommy Newberry American writer
Quelle: Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life
Mark Chapman http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/940986.stm
„If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do–and don't do it.“
— Tommy Newberry American writer
Quelle: Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life
„How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how hard it is in life!“
— Anton Chekhov, The Seagull
Как легко, доктор, быть философом на бумаге и как это трудно на деле!
Act IV http://books.google.com/books?id=ENtYy7K9UmIC&q=%22%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%82%D1%8C+%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5+%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE+%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%22&pg=PT51#v=onepage
The Seagull (1896)
„It was not till quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say: "I don't know."“
— W. Somerset Maugham British playwright, novelist, short story writer 1874 - 1965
Quelle: A Writer's Notebook (1946), p. 258
— Gilbert O'Sullivan Irish singer-songwriter 1946
"No Matter How I Try" (song)
Gilbert O'Sullivan, "No Matter How I Try" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gM6bo-QhS0 (song on YouTube)
(+ Live performance on Top of the Pops. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqEgnBNKDI
(+ Live performance in Japan, 1993. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsQu04bOm9I
Song lyrics
— Adam Zagajewski Poet 1945
Ordinary Life, Ordinary Life, September 11, 2011, Adam Zagajewski, The New Yorker, November 26, 2007 http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2007/11/26/071126po_poem_zagajewski,
„It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.“
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, buch Das Spiel des Engels
Quelle: The Angel's Game
„I don't know how long I would've stayed, to be honest.“
— Larry Page American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur 1973
theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/07/google-founders-larry-page-sergey-brin-interview
— Diana Wynne Jones English children's fantasy writer 1934 - 2011
Grandad retorted.
Quelle: Magids Series, The Merlin Conspiracy (2003), p. 27.
„Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.“
— Philip Pullman, buch The Subtle Knife
Quelle: The Subtle Knife
„Talk about your life
I'd like to know
It's not easy going
Where no-one goes
And no-one knows…“
— Mike Oldfield English musician, multi-instrumentalist 1953
Song lyrics, Discovery (1984)
— Jennifer Aniston television and film actress from the United States 1969
Primetime interview (Jan 2004)
— Tia Blanco 1997
"3 Ways to Go Vegan with Tia Blanco" http://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/237346/3-ways-to-go-vegan-with-tia-blanco, interview with World Surf League (February 2, 2017).
„Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.“
— Henry Rollins American singer-songwriter 1961
— Billie Eilish American singer-songwriter 2001
Come Out and Play (20 November 2018), co-written with Finneas O'Connell.
Singles (2017 - )
— Michael Nava American writer 1954
Quelle: Non-fiction, Created equal: Why gay rights matter to America (1994), p.53