"It struck me that our history is contained in the home we live in, that we are shaped by the ability of these simple structures to resist being defiled"

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Source : Achmat Dangor (1999). “Kafka's Curse”, Pantheon

Achmat Dangor

#Home Quotes #Simple Quotes #Structure Quotes

“Life is not made of atoms,it is merely built out of them. What life is actually 'made of' is cycles of cause and effect, loops of causal flow. These phenomenon are just as real as atoms - perhaps even more real. If anything, the entire universe is actually made from events, of which atoms are merely some of the consequences.”

Source : Steve Grand (2003). “Creation: Life and How to Make It”, p.6, Harvard University Press
“Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it and don't publish too many of the results.”
“I've been showing up late and dirty all my life.”
“You never miss what you've never had. I never had any other life. I didn't know any other life.”

Source : "Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement". The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 10, 2004.
“A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.”
“Sometimes our significant others travel with us.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame.”
“If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.”

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