"Your hands learn to do things that you could spend a whole day trying to write about and articulate. There's a discomfort associated with trying to put all those different ways the brain works together. I kind of like to avail myself of that discomfort."

-- Jessica Stockholder

#Writing Quotes #Hands Quotes #Brain Quotes

“Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.”
“The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.”
“Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'”
“In the things that really matter--our covenants, the commandments, and following the prophet--we need to be completely united. In the non-essentials, we have our agency to handle things as we see fit. But, in all things, regardless of whether we make the same choices or not, we are to treat each other with dignity and respect, both of which are evidences of charity in our hearts and lives.”
“There are philosophies which are unendurable not because men are cowards, but because they are men.”

Source : Ludwig Lewisohn (1915). “The Modern Drama: An Essay in Interpretation”
“People tell me that I am well-grounded. I am sane in the New England sense of the word.”
“I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.”
“Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.”

Source : Kingsley Amis (1992). “Lucky Jim”, Penguin Classics

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