"I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes."

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Source : Jack L. Chalker (1988). “Dance Band on the Titanic”, Del Rey

Jack L. Chalker

#Long Quotes #Historical Quotes #Supportive Quotes

“Important lessons: look carefully; record what you see. Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2010). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.44, Emblem Editions
“We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists.”

Source : "Why the best thing you can do is fail" By Eddie Obeng, www.cnn.com. December 30, 2012.
“If God is God He is not good, if God is good He is not God; take the even, take the odd.”

Source : Archibald MacLeish (1958). “J. B.”
“Its a call-to-action to rise from the dead and actually live. Were born spiritually dead, and Im calling for everyone to become spiritually alive. Secondly, dont wait until later to live the way you were created. God created you to honor Him, find joy, and serve others. Dont sleep on that. Lastly, rise above the low expectations people have.”
“I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I find that there is plenty of room for spontaneity. Often the characters will lead the story off in a direction I hadn't originally intended!”

Source : Source: paganpages.org
“Personally, I donâ€™t like inherently happy people. I donâ€™t trust them. I think thereâ€™s something seriously wrong with anyone who isnâ€™t at least a little let down by the world.”
“Itâ€™s about reaching that moment of pure ecstasy when a drawing just happens. Where every move you make with your hand and every thought you have in your head grows in front of you without any mistakes; no rubbing out, starting again and getting frustrated. Itâ€™s like being in a trance - itâ€™s a fluid - and you almost donâ€™t remember doing the picture. Drawing is an escape from all the unnecessary things in life that get in the way of being free.”
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

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