"I have this theory that anything that happens to you that leaves you alive and intact can be used somewhere in your writing."

-- Octavia Butler

#Writing Quotes #Alive Quotes #Theory Quotes

“I think it is outrageous - to lock people's money away and change the rules on them. So, on point of principle, I stopped putting money into my pension.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible.”

Source : Absalom Jones, Richard Allen (1993). “A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in the Year 1793: And a Refutation of Some Censures Thrown Upon Them in Some Late Publications”, Eastern Acorn Press
“If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.”
“I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think.”
“I feel like there's not this black-and-white division between concert hall music and music that bands play in a bar. I don't know if this was ever truly the case, but I don't feel that I need to decide between playing for a sit-down, totally silent audience and playing for a bunch of noisy, drunk people in a bar. What I do with the group is somewhere in between.”
“It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.”
“I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressing their feelings. And I feel that's a bit dull. Women's stories often have stronger emotional content, which I enjoy doing. What I really love doing is mixing that with humor.”

Source : "Ladies Man: “Made in Dagenham” Director Nigel Cole" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. November 15, 2010.
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.”

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