"Gangs exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to do more to bring real art, passions, teachings, caring, and resources into the emptiness of young peoples' lives."

-- Luis J. Rodriguez

#Art Quotes #Real Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“Lord, if there is a heartache Vienna cannot cure I hope never to feel it. I came home cured of everything except Vienna.”
“The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management.”
“I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to increase my heart rate. My wife and I have been going to a personal trainer for weights and balance twice a week for 10 years. My balance has improved tremendously and the weights decrease my age. I only feel 52, not 82.”

Source : "Robert Batemen: On home life, health, helping wildlife and his art muse". Interview with Carol Crenna, carolcrenna.wordpress.com. December 15, 2012.
“Old folks live on memory, young folk live on hope.”
“The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.”

Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org
“Either the conscious intellect is impotent, or is not sufficiently strong, or is not the factor positively connected with altruistic phenomenon generally or their sublime form particularly.”

Source : "The Reconstruction of Humanity" by Pitirim Sorokin, Beacon Press (p. 330), 1948.
“When you first fall in love it's so thrilling, you can't wait to throw yourself away and make this new wonderful twosome.”

Source : "Ten Questions for Bright Star's Jane Campion: 'I've Never Made a Crap Film'". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. December 10, 2009.
“There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to understand the common antithesis of a good writer and a bad man.”

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