"You cannot open a book without learning something."

-- Confucius

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“Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.”

Source : David J. Schwartz (2014). “The Magic of Thinking Big”, p.73, Penguin
“Frederick Turner comes across in his poems as a man of impressively broad experience, intellectual brilliance, and originality. â€¦ Heâ€™s at his best when he unleashes his extraordinary powers of observation.”
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship”
“We must keep our freedom of mind, ... and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible.”

Source : Claude Bernard (2012). “An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine”, p.66, Courier Corporation
“I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts' academy in Michigan, who taught me the importance of storytelling, and I really responded to that. It seemed like a long shot, but I always play the long odds.”
“I feel like Iâ€™m living in a prison. There are so many things I may not experience. I cannot go swimming, canâ€™t visit relatives, canâ€™t get a job, canâ€™t have a boyfriend. I see so much of life I cannot have. I am living in a veritable prison.”
“And so we stood there in the kitchen, my mother and I, facing off over everything that had built up since June, when I was willing to hand myself over free and clear. Now I needed her to return it all to me, with the faith that I could make my own way.”
“I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.”

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