Martin Svoboda added quotes (page 12) | Quotes of famous people

“Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences.”

Giovanni Morassutti (1980) Italian actor, theatre director and cultural entrepreneur.

Quoted in "Connected by a Thread: Arts Territory Exchange Residency in Sustainable Practice" by Gudrun Filipska, CSPA Quarterly periodical (January 25, 2019) http://www.sustainablepractice.org/2019/01/25/connected-by-a-thread/.

“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man!”

Jay-Z (1969) American rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, record executive, songwriter, record producer and investor

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours.
And if they don’t they were never.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”

Ralph Smart

“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“If you're a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones, you take the tough ones too.”

Dick Winters (1918–2011) American military personnel

Source: Band of Brothers, episode Crossroads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yggdVyan4XI

“No goal, regardless of how small can be achieved without adequate training.”

Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990) Japanese businessman and engineer

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

“Don’t just write words. Write music.”

Gary Provost (1944–1995) American writer

Context: This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety.

Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.

So write with a combination of short, medium, and long sentences. Create a sound that pleases the reader’s ear. Don’t just write words. Write music.