"Fine artists deal with finery, but I deal with painful material."

-- Zanele Muholi

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“To be the announcer where you live is a very special opportunity.”
“The first fundamental of successful city life: People must take a modicum of responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. This is a lesson no one learns by being told. It is learned from the experience of having other people without ties of kinship or close friendship or formal responsibility to you take a modicum of responsibility for you.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.82, Vintage
“Computers are here to stay. It is a major challenge for the future to use computers efficiently in combinatorics without losing its special appeal.”
“I see the whole episode in my memory as if it were a very crisply photographed black and white movie. Directed by Bergman perhaps.We are playing ourselves in the movie version. If only we could escape from always having to play ourselves !”
“Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.”
“My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.”

Source : "Marvin Sapp: Surviving Loss, 'Keeping It Moving'". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. April 29, 2012.
“I don't want to be a millionaire; just live like one.”
“Perhaps the most significant event in the evolution of the liberated mind arrives with the realization that most people, even in their deepest convictions, are blind to most truths.”

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