"Generally the first week in September brings the hottest weather of the year, and this was no exception. Overhead the fans turned slow, their paddle blades stirring the air up close to the ceiling but nowheres else..."

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Source : Shelby Foote (2011). “Follow Me Down: A Novel”, p.3, Vintage

Shelby Foote

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“You can't improve on saying nothing.”
“Filmmaking is a real craft.”

Source : "“Martha Marcy May Marlene” and Mister Sean Durkin". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. October 20, 2011.
“Ramana Maharshi and Rumi would agree: the joy of being human is in uncovering the core we already are, the treasure buried in the ruin.”

Source : Coleman Barks (2010). “The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems”, p.11, Harper Collins
“Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 01, 2015
“Coming into World War II, we were seen as a conquering hero for beleaguered people, we are now seen as invader, an occupier. And what that is saying is we have more might than right, so we kind of have a kind of moral deficit disorder. And that's why a leader must lift us back to the higher ground, because at the end of the day what makes you strong is that you are believable, that as significant as might is, ultimately right is even stronger than might.”
“Achievers are Believers in Commitments and Dreams. But, the great achievers believe in their own and others' good CHARACTER too.”
“The dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futures but our own.”
“People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.”

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