"I see lies everywhere - switch on the television, it's lies. Everything is lies. In the art world or science community, we are intellectuals, people who research, who are interested in learning and thinking. I think the level of lies is way lower than when you step into what I call "the outside world"."

-- Paola Pivi

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“I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.”
“If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you.”
“It is more important to let a child's imagination develop than it is to labor to inculcate in him or her some correct ethical point of view.”
“These changes-the more rapid pulse, the deeper breathing, the increase of sugar in the blood, the secretion from the adrenal glands-were very diverse and seemed unrelated. Then, one wakeful night, after a considerable collection of these changes had been disclosed, the idea flashed through my mind that they could be nicely integrated if conceived as bodily preparations for supreme effort in flight or in fighting. Further investigation added to the collection and confirmed the general scheme suggested by the hunch.”
“I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.”

Source : Jen Lancaster (2010). “My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is t he New Black; Or, A Culture-Up Manifesto”, p.23, Penguin
“The common workshop goal is revision, not suicide.”
“Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important.”
“There's always going to be someone out there... who doesn't believe in you or who thinks your head is too big or you're not smart enough. But those are the people you need to ignore, and those are the times you need to just keep doing what you love doing.”

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