"They did a lot of cleaning in their house, which I considered to be a sign of immoral parenting. The job of parents, as I saw it, was to watch television and step into a child's life only when absolutely necessary, like in the event of a tornado or a potential kidnapping."

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Source : Haven Kimmel (2002). “A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana”, p.111, Broadway Books

Haven Kimmel

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“I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.”
“I have kept working, even if Ive thrown off the big movies I used to do. I still have three or four wonderful little movies coming out.”
“You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.”

Source : "Searching for the Window Into Nature's Soul". Smithsonian magazine, February 1997.
“I have discovered the secrets of the pyramids, and have found out how the Egyptians and the ancient builders in Peru, Yucatan and Asia, with only primitive tools, raised and set in place blocks of stone weighing many tons!”
“Step by step, you make your way forward. Thatâ€™s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful. You see yourself do the work, which shows you that you can do the work. Progress is reassuring and inspiring; panic and then despair set in when you find yourself getting nothing done day after day. One of the painful ironies of work life is that the anxiety of procrastination often makes people even less likely to buckle down in the future.”
“The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling”

Source : Stephen R. Donaldson (2012). “Lord Foul's Bane”, p.155, Del Rey
“I'm a fan of music from all over the world.”
“People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling.”

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