"The truth is that an intellectual life is available to almost anyone, almost anywhere, if they work hard enough and are given some kind of access point."

-- Jess Row

#Hard Work Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Kind Quotes

“God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.”
“You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.”
“I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.”
“I used to think that to become free you had to practice like a samurai warrior, but now I understand that you have to practice like a devoted mother of a newborn child. It takes the same energy but has a completely different quality. It's compassion and presence rather than having to defeat the enemy in battle.”
“The best artists are people who don't consider themselves artists, and the people who do are usually the most pretentious and annoying. They've got their priorities wrong. They're just doing it to be artists rather than because they want to do it.”

Source : Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com.
“There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does, it's just one of those polite things where you don't question their belief in ghosts. You just go, 'Oh, yeah, okay.' It's amazing to be able to have conversations like that.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Dec 28, 2016
“We learned sexual technique from our dog. He taught how to beg, and he taught my wife how to roll over and play dead.”
“Surfing is so much work. It's one of those things that I just love, but it's so hard.”

Source : "AnnaSophia Robb Exclusive Interview SOUL SURFER". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 6, 2011.

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