"Even the hubris or the desire to go out into the world and find patterns that reflect back to yourself is so Lacanian and, like, mirrored, so as to be ridiculous. But there are very fixed sets of expectations that the world has about this work."

-- Kehinde Wiley

#Expectations Quotes #Desire Quotes #World Quotes

“Never forget that the most sacred right on this earth is mans right to have the earth to till with his own hands, the most sacred sacrifice the blood that a man sheds for this earth.”
“How could I leave Prim, who is the only person in the world Iâ€™m certain I love?”
“It's always great to get to do what you love and to do something that hopefully people will see and love.”

Source : "Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael Talk ASS BACKWARDS, Combining a Road Trip and Beauty Pageant, Finding a Director, and Upcoming Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 8, 2013.
“To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.”
“A clock only turns one direction”

Source : Nancy E. Turner (2010). “Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906”, p.370, Macmillan
“The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.”
“We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.”
“It's not weird to look at yourself in the mirror at the gym - that's why they're there! You have to make sure that you're doing things right.”

Source : FaceBook post by Yoko Ono from Feb 19, 2014

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