"I've often lost myself, in order to find the burn that keeps everything awake"

-- Federico Garcia Lorca

#Order Quotes #Lost Quotes #Awake Quotes

“I appreciate the good work that senators in both parties have put into trying to fix our broken immigration system. There are some good elements in this proposal, especially increasing the resources and manpower to secure our border and also improving and streamlining legal immigration. However, I have deep concerns with the proposed path to citizenship. To allow those who came here illegally to be placed on such a path is both inconsistent with rule of law and profoundly unfair to the millions of legal immigrants who waited years, if not decades, to come to America legally.”
“The Amazon is not just a set of trees. It is a set of 25 million people. If we don't create real economic opportunities for them, the practical result is to encourage disorganized economic activities that results in the further destruction of the rain forest.”
“What did you do?â€ â€œWell, you see, there was this pot of tea, simply sitting thereâ€¦â€ He trailed off. â€œUseful thing, tea,â€ commented Lyall thoughtfully.”
“I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.”
“Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your church, in your temple. Try to be that in your classroom. Do it because it is right to do.”
“It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.”
“Look at your work and it tells you how it is when you hold back or when you embrace. When you are lazy, your art is lazy; when you hold back, it holds back; when you hesitate, it stands there staring, hands in its pockets. But when you commit, it comes on like blazes.”

Source : David Bayles, Ted Orland (2001). “Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking”, p.49, Image Continuum Press
“We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.”

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