"We all exist in similar systems that mirror and reproduce the same American culture for the most part. What Oscar Wilde said about the lucky author who has a non-literary day job no longer holds, if it ever did. Artists seek validation as much as they seek money. The creation and invention of culture and canon is where most of the trouble lies."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

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#Jobs Quotes #Lying Quotes #Artist Quotes

“I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure, Sky-bound was the mind, earth-bound the body rests. [Kepler's epitaph]”
“When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because you'll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.”
“There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.”
“Maybe I wanted children, maybe I didn't, but I wanted the decision to be a choice, not a mandate. Last time I checked, childlessness was only supposed to be a condition of career advancement for nuns.”

Source : Peggy Orenstein (2010). “Waiting for Daisy: The True Story of One Couple's Quest to Have a Baby”, p.8, A&C Black
“Christ didn't die just so you could make to heaven; He lives so you can make it through earth!”
“Most people are quiet in the world, and live in it tentatively, as if it were not their own.”
“When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.”
“If you create an artificial scarcity through public policy, artificial rent so to speak - setting up a new import quota or giving out a particular office that is very beneficial - people are going to invest money, time and resources in trying to secure that opportunity. If the value is created independently of the search for it, the search for it is wasted.”

Source : Source: www.aims.ca

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