Irving Berlin on longing
Irving Berlin42 quotes“I long to be out in the sun with no work to be done.”
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Let’s face the music and dance.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Talent is only the starting point.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Things that really matter are the things that gold can’t buy, so let’s have another cup o’ coffee and let’s have another piece o’ pie.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin How much do I love you? I’ll tell you no lie. How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin You’re not sick you’re just in love.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin They say that falling in love is wonderful, it’s wonderful, so they say.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin A man may be hot but he’s not when he’s shot cause you can’t get a man with a gun.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin I’ve got my love to keep me warm.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.
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Our only limitation is that we only believe what is visible to our eyes and audible to our ears.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Some days, you will be close to the finish line and still not make it.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
Bell HooksBell Hooks I separated someplace for each person in my heart, But she claimed to be the owner of it.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Modern-day love stories are born not out of love, but a tired mind and a restless heart.
Puneet MehraPuneet Mehra Forcing things only creates more tension in the mind. Let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase It doesn’t take courage to find peace in the arms of destiny. It takes faith.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg I can’t wait to collect memories from every corner of the earth to splash in the vastness of this beautiful world.
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More on longing
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
XunziXunzi Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.
XunziXunzi There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.
Saul BellowSaul Bellow …all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.
Alan HollinghurstAlan Hollinghurst I keep you in my heart, like a dream unfulfilled. Like an incomplete wish. Like something I can crave but never have. Ever since the beginning of time, what has love been anyway? if not longing or heartbreak?
Shruthi SagarShruthi Sagar People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Much male fear of feminism is infantilism–the longing to remain the mother’s son, to possess a woman who exists purely for him.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed.
Adriana TrigianiAdriana Trigiani
