My favorite literature to ...

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
 Andrew Bird

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and millions and millions of years.
 John Shelby Spong
I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.
 Olivia Palermo
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.

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I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.
 Andrew Bird
Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.
 Andrew Bird
The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able to compromise, but the melodies, even more recently, they come out very fully cast and formed.
 Andrew Bird
The weirdest time is when I'm having to explain myself all day to journalists, and then I don't perform, so there's no release, just a lot of self-consciousness. Then what do you do with that at the end of the day? How do you release your brain from talking about yourself all day?
 Andrew Bird
I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.
 Andrew Bird