"We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures."

-- Lincoln Steffens

#Successful Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Needs Quotes

“When you leave Africa, as the plane lifts, you feel that more than leaving a continent you're leaving a state of mind. Whatever awaits you at the other end of your journey will be of a different order of existence.”

Source : Francesca Marciano (1999). “Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa”, Vintage Books
“That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies.”
“And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the body as being prior to it or more excellent... So that from this we may perceive the causes not only of life in general... but also of longer or shorter life, of sleeping and waking, of skill, of strength and so forth.”
“Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening.”
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”

Source : "The Artist as Housewife" (1972)
“If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.”
“I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers.”
“It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.”

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