“A coward is a servant of his fears.
A hero enslaves his fears.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“Realized dreams often turn into nightmares.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“There are only
two types of composers:
composing composers
and decomposing composers.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“Conflict occurs
when two pasts step
on the toes of the present.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“To come up with one great sentence, one needs to serve a life sentence.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“Death defines life. I'd rather stay undefined.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“I need a whole other life not to let this one go to waste.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
“I have inflammation of the imagination.”
― Lera Auerbach, quote from Excess of Being
Lera Auerbach
Born place: Russian Federation
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“Did you ever feel happy in church?" "Naw. I didn’t want to. Nobody but poor folks get happy in church." "But you are poor, Bigger."
Again Bigger’s eyes lit with a bitter and feverish pride. "I ain’t that poor.”
― Richard Wright, quote from Native Son
“I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'...
'And I won't give up.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Inheritance
“As time would prove, he had written one of the great, enduring documents of the American Revolution. The constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the oldest functioning written constitution in the world.”
― David McCullough, quote from John Adams
“Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.”
― Tom Stoppard, quote from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“if there is no feet at your feet, do not lift rocks at the side of the road.”
― Andre Dubus III, quote from House of Sand and Fog
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My Soul to Save
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