"The pleasure that attaches to the artistic life comes in imagining what we might do as opposed to acknowledging what we have done."

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Deborah Solomon

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“Certain names always awake certain prejudices.”
“She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped.”
“The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?”
“The only real form of pollution is people. Any ecological system which does not include the reduction or stopping of growth of the population is eyewash”
“Discrimination is a disease.”
“Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog's aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. This applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.”
“Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity.”
“I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.”

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