"There is a moral, of course, and like all morals it is better not pursued."

-- Sylvia Townsend Warner

“Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise.”
“I have been painting models with black and brown skin only for the past years. So, I did already have this experience, this is how I have come to the paintings I do now.”
“My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep well at night is that even though my heart is filled with corruption and even though I am not doing my best to please him, I have in heaven at the Father’s right hand the beloved Son, who has not only done his best for himself but has fulfilled all righteousness for me in my place.”
“The frightening and most difficult thing about being what somebody calls a creative person is that you have absolutely no idea where any of your thoughts come from, really. And especially, you don't have any idea about where they're going to come from tomorrow.”

Source : "Art & Copy". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2009.
“Ugly people kill people all the time. But when pretty people did, it got attention.”

Source : Chelsea Cain (2012). “Kill You Twice: An Archie Sheridan / Gretchen Lowell Novel”, p.246, Macmillan
“Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins.”

Source : "Out Where theWest Begins" l. 1 (1916)
“Remember that underlying all our fears is a lack of trust in ourselves.”
“Aikido is the principle of non-resistance. Because it is non-resistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly vanquished. Aikido is invincible because it contends with nothing.”

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