"Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values."

-- Ralph Ellison

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“I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.”
“One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen on reading, I think he ought to open his mind to some older man who knows him and his life, and to take his advice in the matter, and above all, to discuss with him the first books that interest him.”
“Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?”
“The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.”

Source : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons
“Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.”

Source : "The wild west" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2001.
“Inevitably in my career of 35 years, I was in one turnaround circumstance after another, and I was personally put in positions of significant responsibility but without complete authority over everyone that needed to be mobilized.”
“I never play video games! I'm so bad at it. I have, like, no manual dexterity.”
“Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about.”

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