"I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side"

-- Audre Lorde

#Inspirational Quotes #Writing Quotes #Diversity Quotes

“I even worry about reflective flea collars. Oh, sure, drivers can see them glow in the dark, but so can the fleas.”
“I have seen the face of Jesus, Â Â Â Â Â Tell me not of aught beside, I have heard the voice of Jesus, Â Â Â Â Â All my soul is satisfied. All around is earthly splendour Â Â Â Â Â Earthly scenes lie fair and bright. But mine eyes no longer see them, Â Â Â Â Â For the glory of that light. Light that knows no cloud, no waning, Â Â Â Â Â Light wherein I see His face, All His loveâ€™s uncounted treasures, Â Â Â Â Â All the riches of His grace.”
“I would imagine, a very large percentage of people who get something for art and they do something else, and they have some excess resources. And they trade those resources with artists whose work makes them feel good, or feel better, or question. And the artist, if they're smart, they use it to buy the most expensive thing in the world: time to make more. The more that come, the better it is for these people, their children, the people they care about, fills the society with a real constant thing.”

Source : Source: frontrow.dmagazine.com
“We can only choose whether we will feel and not what we will feel.”

Source : Sam Keen (1980). “What to do when you're bored and blue”
“A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star.”
“What went wrong? Nothing and everything.”
“Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin' For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'.”
“One day in Berlin ... Eno came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.' ... he puts on 'I Feel Love', by Donna Summer ... He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.' Which was more or less right.”

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