"Safe from the Neighbors is a novel of unusual richness and depth, one that's as wise about the small shocks within a marriage as it is about the troubled history of Mississippi. Steve Yarbrough is a formidably talented novelist, shuttling between the past and present with a grace that feels effortless."

-- Tom Perrotta

#Wise Quotes #Past Quotes #Grace Quotes

“The spirit of rebellion must live in Serbia. Only then will we know we are alive and not servants of a dictator.”
“I think the studio gave me that series on purpose, because they knew perfectly well that Robert Riskin was ill and that I needed to go to work. They gave me that series to do.”
“The technical term for phytonutrients is polyphenols. They are substances produced by plants, a lot of them for self-defense. Twenty-five thousand different ones have been identified. Vitamins E, C, and beta-carotene are examples. Many of them are potent antioxidants, while some don't have antioxidant activity but boost our own antioxidant defense system. Others are involved in communication between cells, many affect gene expression, and others have detoxifying functions.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I have been misunderstood more than I've been understood in my life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.”
“There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.”

Source : Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.263, Profile Books
“That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.”

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