"A sustained engagement with the world, a sense of how it was and how it ought to be, and what has been lost, is imperative to good writing - I just don't know how you can be a serious writer without it."

-- Pankaj Mishra

#Writing Quotes #Engagement Quotes #World Quotes

“Sometimes, if I had until the next day to turn the story in, I'd head home, finding that the knot in the narrative came loose with the rhythmic clacking of the subway train.”
“When we know that the cause of something is in ourselves, and that we (ourselves) are one of the few things in the universe that we have the right and ability to change, we begin to get a sense of the choices we really do have, an inkling of the power we have, a feeling of being in charge... of our lives, of our future, of our dreams.”
“Obviously, after the match your fans come up to you and really look but to you but you don't get too much recognition around town for playing for FC Dallas.”
“Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.”
“In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.”
“I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. It's a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy environment. I don't know if I could live there all year. It's such an intense place.”

Source : "Campbell Scott on going Off the Map". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. March 10, 2005.
“Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes”
“Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God.”

Source : Pirkei Avot, 3:18,

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