"During my MFA, I was lucky to be surrounded by a really supportive group of peers. And now I get feedback pretty exclusively from freaks only."

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Alissa Nutting

#Supportive Quotes #Groups Quotes #Lucky Quotes

“The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty.”

Source : Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once around the sun”
“In my mind I still qualify as punk, though I know four out of five punks would disagree.”

Source : Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science by coming to know, if you will, the mind of God.”
“Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along your way. And your lot will not be harder for the kindly things you say. Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend. You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend.”

Source : Edgar Guest (1916). “A Heap o' Living'”
“Thereâ€™s no point in being unhappy about things you canâ€™t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can.”
“Ultimately it all comes down to money, ultimately it all comes down to lab capacity. One thing we are clear about is if that money were to pass (in Congress), thousands of lives will be saved.”
“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.”
“I do not believe in the beauty of falling.”

Source : Mary Szybist (2013). “Incarnadine: Poems”, p.39, Macmillan

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