Principally Defined Quotes

#1. Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.

Daniel Barenboim

#2. Morrie," Koppel said, "that was seventy years ago your mother died. The pain still goes on?"
"You bet," Morrie whispered.

Mitch Albom

#3. When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.

John Updike

#4. God's eternal blessings are contingent upon our obedience and adherence to the word of the Lord that is revealed to us through His holy prophets

L. Tom Perry

#5. I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not.

Sue Grafton

#6. When you want to make a beginning of a good deed, first prepare for temptations, which will come to you, and don't doubt the truth of that which you do for God.

Isaac Of Nineveh

#7. Was a man who wrote his own press kit, and his generosity was a calculated piece of an intracately constructed character

Khaled Hosseini

#8. We all have ups and downs in our career, and as an actor going through a rough patch, all I can do is keep working as hard as I can and hope for the best.

Uday Kiran

#9. American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be guaranteed that they can walk into a voting booth with any assurance that their vote will be counted.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

#10. All hail, Queen Shit-of-Liesville!

Gareth Reynolds

#11. I told you we should have rescued the boy first.

Suzanne Collins