"I spoke with the crows before leaving for Los Angeles. They were the resident storytellers whose strident and insistent voices added the necessary dissonance for color. They had cousins in California, and gave me their names and addresses, told me to look them up. They warned me, too, what they had heard about attitude there. And they were right. Attitude was thick, hung from the would-be's and has-beens and think-they-ares, so thick that I figured it was the major source of the smog."

-- Joy Harjo

#Cousin Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“There is but one way to learn to do a thing and that is to do it.”

Source : Daniel Carter Beard, David R. Godine (2000). “The Field and Forest Handy Book: New Ideas for Out of Doors”, p.209, David R. Godine Publisher
“If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.”
“Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.”
“Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.”
“Everybody has a different opinion in this league and nobody is a prophet. I personally don't know who will win the league. I managed 1,600 games so, if Nani knows, he must be 1,600 times more intelligent than I am.”
“I am very much aware of my own double self... The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child.”

Source : Ingmar Bergman, Raphael Shargel (2007). “Ingmar Bergman: Interviews”, p.160, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of me, because you love me. I love you too, Kate. If you ever became hurt, I would not leave you. Iâ€™ll be there. Wherever you wantâ€˜thereâ€™ to be. -Curran to Kate”
“Who you think you are will always be frightened of change. But it doesn't make any difference to who you truly are.”

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