Joel Parkinson Quotes

I figure there's no point in stressing about what's out of my control, and all I can do is make the best of what I've got.

Joel Parkinson

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BestControlI CanOutPointGot

For a young person, anybody who's sorting out and trying to make a life for himself or herself, to have the opportunity each day to set down - sit down and then set down thoughts, words - it's a crucial, crucial way of staying alive, of not allowing yourself and not allowing the culture outside yourself to totally dominate your life.

John Edgar Wideman

LifeOpportunityCultureDayWords

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.

Soren Kierkegaard

TimeChildhoodKindThroughConcepts

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

Sigmund Freud

HappinessWisdomAloneInvestingUs

Whenever we can, we try to talk to students. If I can, I'll invite kids from a school to a sound check and take questions from them. I want to show them it's cool to play the trombone. Kids are influenced by what's accessible to them. It's hard for kids to be introduced to music other than what they see on TV and video.

Trombone Shorty

MusicSchoolCoolQuestionsPlay

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

Robin Wright

YouNothingStarTownReallyUnless

I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place. Yet each has its own force.

Mary Oliver

DayPlaceWriteOwnForceWould

I can think of some things that would be fun, but I'm living my dreams.

Mike Farrell

DreamsFunThinkI CanLivingWould

I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.

Miles D. White

PassionFocusKnowAlzheimerJust

I really love working with Ramona from Nite Jewel. We've kind of grown up together.

Julia Holter

LoveTogetherKindUpWorkingJewel

PMC's constellation of multi-platform entertainment brands continues to be a leader in entertainment news.

Jay Penske

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Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short one. If you spend your life sitting in a cubicle and passing papers, one day is bound to blend unmemorably into the next - and disappear.

Joshua Foer

LifeLiveDailyTimeDayShort

It so happens that after a certain stage, we have to give in to the wishes of the people rather than your own satisfaction. I look at it as my responsibility to satisfy the wishes of the people more than mine.

Chiranjeevi

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