"Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable force because to admit it is to admit that most of our political gyrations, religious dogmas, social ambitions, and financial ploys are not merely counter-productive but trivial."

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Source : Tom Robbins (2006). “Wild Ducks Flying Backward”, p.210, Bantam

Tom Robbins

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“International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.”
“It cannot for a moment be doubted that an art work to be alive, to awaken us to its life, to inspire us sooner or later with its purpose, must indeed be animate with a soul, must have been breathed upon by the spirit and must breathe in turn that spirit.”

Source : Louis Sullivan, Robert Twombly (1988). “The Public Papers”, p.92, University of Chicago Press
“I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.”
“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.”
“Follow your passion. Help people along the way. Work very very hard and always come prepared.”
“I think that natural beauty is very charismatic... I just believe in enhancing who we are rather than trying to manipulate or change it too much.”
“People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.”

Source : Sandra Brown (2010). “Tough Customer: A Novel”, p.185, Simon and Schuster
“The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected by the First Amendment can and must be prohibited.”

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