"I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender."

-- Vivek Shraya

#Art Quotes #Gender Quotes #Made Quotes

“Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf to a tree / Nor the wind to the atmosphere / I know where I am meant to be / And I can't be satisfied here”
“A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.”
“I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace. â€œIf I feel peaceful,â€ they say, â€œwhy would I bother taking action at all?â€ My answer is â€œBecause that's what love does.â€ To think that we need sadness or outrage to motivate us to do what's right is insane. As if the clearer and happier you get, the less kind you become. As if when someone finds freedom, she just sits around all day with drool running down her chin. My experience is the opposite. Love is action.”
“Buddha's teachings are scientific methods to solve the problems of all living beings permanently.”
“I just want to say one thing...Thank you Eddie!”
“No matter how small you start, start something that matters.”

Source : "Start Something That Matters" by Brendon Burchard, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 27, 2015.
“There is no way anything of value can be done without some framework. It might well be that the framework is discarded or the rules opposed; that is not important. What is essential is that they exist so that one knows when one is in opposition to them.”
“Finally, a prominent nation is taking on the homosexual agenda and rejecting it outright. A number of African nations have done the same, but third-world countries are not newsworthy to mainstream media. The irony is stunning that a Communist nation would understand that preserving the value of men and women marrying and producing children makes for demographic survival, while many American Christian leaders cower in the shadows, in fear of activist homosexuals and their leftist supporters. I say 'cheers' to the Russians on this one. That nation will probably outlive America.”

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