"Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?"

-- John Ford

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“Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same kind of immersion. Often the best stories hold you back and make you witness them. This may be one of the reasons some people reject the form. That and the fact that they are harder work to read. A story will not let you get comfortable and settle in. It is like a stool that is so small that you must always be aware of sitting.”

Source : Isobelle Carmody, Nan McNab (2011). “The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)”, p.3, Allen & Unwin
“There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself. Win or lose, your interests have led you to an accumulation of your personal expression, signed lower right,Â mounted to best advantage.”

Source : Robert Genn (1996). “The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn”, p.35, Studio Beckett Publications
“My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.”
“If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.”
“The rumble of a subway train, the rattle of the taxis.”
“I don't believe necessarily the past is in the past. It's eternal, it's all around us.”

Source : "Tales of the city" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. August 11, 2003.
“One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time.”
“With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle.”

Source : Marianne Williamson (2012). “The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles”, p.7, Harper Collins

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