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“We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.”
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“But, yeah, I'm really happy when I'm writing. When I'm being creative and when I have something that I can put down. You know, if you go out and you overhear a conversation or you have a thought, you have a receptacle to go home and say, 'Oh, this would be great in this script.' Your antenna's out in a different way, and I love that time.”
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“You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.”
Source : "Coach Salazar talks future of U.S. long distance, training Ritzenhein". Interview with David Epstein, www.si.com. November 5, 2010. 
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“As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.”
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“Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.”
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“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
Source : Muriel Rukeyser (1994). “Out of Silence: Selected Poems”, p.135, Northwestern University Press
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“I don't think we [people] are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that's why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it.”
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“There are very few good writers about art, and you either get art-fashion writing with trendy views or you get very traditional writing. Occasionally, you get people who can write in an interesting way. Really, I think in a sense art writing needs to be renewed as well. It's in a pretty bad condition.”
Source : "Marc Quinn on artwriting (2000)". Interview with R.J. Preece, www.artdesigncafe.com. November 13, 2010.
