"In every art beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them. And it is not only a matter of looking at the drawings, paintings, musical compositions, and poems that have been and are being created; it is a matter of being drawn into the individual work of art, of realizing that it has been made by a real human being, and trying to discover the secret of its creation."

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Source : Ruth Whitman (1982). “Becoming a poet: source, process, practice”, Writer

Ruth Whitman

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“At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha.”
“Well it took many years. I started with many ideas, threw them away, started all over again. And eventually it evolved into what you see today at Disneyland”
“I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It's not about a production number, it's about a meaningful moment between two people that's witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about.”
“The enemy is always in the mind.”
“I think what we've experienced in the past is that people do like to be challenged.”
“I'm blessed that I am recognized.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.”

Source : Kwame Nkrumah (1965). “Consciencism”, p.33, NYU Press
“Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.”

Source : Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.24, ReadHowYouWant.com

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