"You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace."

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Source : Frank McCourt (1999). “Angela's Ashes: A Memoir”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

Frank McCourt

#Inspirational Quotes #Optimistic Quotes #Shoes Quotes

“There is nothing Holy about hatred.”
“The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative.”
“later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.”
“I make all my own decisions and I take full responsibility.”
“The superabundance is an ecological myth that we will never run out of resources, that the Earth, that Gaia, is in this perpetual state of renewal. And the "contagious magic" is the blind belief that this is the case, and the reason we're careering towards ecological disaster.”

Source : "A Flow Of Playfulness: An Interview With Laniakea". Interview with Russell Cuzner, thequietus.com. September 14, 2016.
“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
“It's imperative to realize that it is not necessary to try to get rid of fear in order to succeed. Rich and successful people have fear, rich and successful people have doubts, rich and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them. Unsuccessful people have fears, doubts, and worries, then let those feelings stop them.”
“I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2007). “Mozart and Leadbelly”, p.27, Vintage

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