"Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking."

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Source : John Daido Loori (2007). “The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life”, p.1, Ballantine Books

John Daido Loori

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“The dignity of labor depends not on what you do, but how you do it.”
“Jim Jones started out as a civil rights crusader in Indianapolis. As a young preacher in the mid-50s, he used members of his congregation to integrate lunch counters and all-white churches in rich neighborhoods; they'd just march in and sit down at the pews and see what happened. Often they were received with racist insults, and once with a bomb threat. But the fact that you had this charismatic, white man, aggressively promoting racial equality, was a huge draw for African Americans, many of whom felt the Civil Rights Movement had stalled by the late 60s.”

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“â€‹To go where you're wishing you could go, first you must tie your shoes and step off the porch.”
“We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.”
“Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.”

Source : Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.131, John Wiley & Sons
“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.”
“On that same tour we ran into a band at Aylesbury Friars, a biggish venue in Oxfordshire, England. They were a four-piece from Ireland called U2. They seemed like nice fellows and they sounded pretty good, but we didnâ€™t keep in touch. Theyâ€™re probably taxi drivers and accountants by now.”
“Mississippi is like my mother. I am allowed to complain about her all I want, but God help the person who raises an ill word about her around me, unless she is their mother too.”

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