"Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending."

-- Rorion Gracie

#Self Quotes #Mind Quotes #Technique Quotes

“You have a talent that is unique in its expression, so unique that there's no one else alive on this planet that has that talent, or that expression of that talent. This means that there's one thing you can do and one way of doing it that is better than anyone else on this entire planet.”
“The ideal of morality has no more dangerous rival than the ideal of highest strength, of most powerful life. It is the maximum of the savage.”
“If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.”

Source : Padgett Powell (2012). “The Imperative Mood”, p.1, Profile Books
“If tone is granted to be subjected to control, why not line also, which has equal emotional significance? And if line, why not shapes and forms? And if shapes and forms, why not allow elision or emphasis of detail? And if all these things are allowed, what becomes of the record of actuality ?... Sunk without a trace!”
“The masses are only to be regarded as one of three things: either as copies of great personalities, bad copies, clumsily produced in a poor material, or as foils to the great, or finally as their tools”
“... no mirror keeps its glances ...”
“I have realized that the moon did not have to be full for us to love it. That we are not tragedies stranded here beneath it.”
“I met Keith Haring at SVA college where he was having an art show, later we had a group art show at the Mud Club in NYC. Keith owed me $50, so he gave me a large framed canvas with barking dogs that had large dicks. I painted over Keith's painting to paint flowers for my mom's living room.”

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