Inspiration Quotes And Sayings
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“Roosevelt’s humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.”
– Emanuel Celler
“My inspiration was my mom. She’s a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.”
– Emeril Lagasse
“Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.”
– Emily Procter
“I’d say that my musical influences are anywhere from pop-rock electronica, new age and classical. But I think that specifically, bands – I love Jem, I love Sigur Ross, I love David Gray, I love Elliot Smith… a lot of different people. But I don’t find lyrical inspiration from anybody.”
– Emmy Rossum
“My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness.”
– Enrique Iglesias
“Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it’s easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience.”
– Eric Alterman
“Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.”
– Eric Church
“Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day’s work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
“Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.”
– Franz Liszt
“My life. The life I’m living that’s where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.”
– Fred Durst
“Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.”
– Gavin Rossdale
“But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.”
– Georg Brandes
“The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don’t understand it.”
– George Santayana
“My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.”
– Giada De Laurentiis
“Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.”
– Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.”
– Graeme Murphy
“A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.”
– Greg Walden
“Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong’s story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.”
– Grete Waitz
“I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.”
– Guillermo Cabrera Infante
“Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He’s always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.”
– Gus Van Sant
“I got married and decided I wanted to do a dance record, and I didn’t ever expect for it to be what it was or for the ‘No Doubt‘ thing to be such a long break, but it was one of those things where you just had to sort of follow your inspiration.”
– Gwen Stefani
“I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.”
– Harry Shearer
“Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.”
– Herb Elliott
“Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.”
– Igor Stravinsky
“The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it’s the music that I want to hear- that’s my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.”
– Ikue Mori
“I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.”
– Ina Garten
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
– Jack London
“I think I’m a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.”
– Jackie Collins
“I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues – the blues background was my big inspiration.”
– Jackie DeShannon
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