"I think what makes you feel so connected with certain writers isn't a matter of autobiographical detail, but that the emotions are real. The way some writers are able to channel themselves through the form."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Chris Kraus

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Matter Quotes

“It is a Mormon truism that is current among us and we all accept it, that as man is God once was and as God is man may become. That does not signify that man will become God. I am sorry to say, and yet it is a truth, that not many men will become what God is, simply because they will not pay the price, because they are not willing to live up to the requirements; and still all men may, if they will, become what God is, but only those who are heirs of the celestial glory shall ever be possible candidates, to become what God is.”
“Progress is nothing but the victory of laughter over dogma.”
“The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.”
“I prefer not to eat food that has a face.”
“Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death â€“ fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.”

Source : Edna Ferber (1939). “A Peculiar Treasure”
“The greatest thing that I have learned is probably the simplest thing any of us can learn: I am who I am.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sonny Barger from Oct 26, 2015
“In order to be great, you have to learn from greatness, which is what I have tried to do.”
“When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, weâ€™d have $22 million for cancer research, and I donâ€™t care man, thereâ€™s no reason that isnâ€™t possible. No reason!”

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