"As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life."

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Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2004). “Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery”

Mary Catherine Bateson

#Life Quotes #Morning Quotes #Art Quotes

“L.A. is cool. If I could have the rest of my family out there, I think it would make it that much better for me. As far as work and the weather, you can't really beat it. I just wish they had the New York social life out there. That would make it perfect.”
“I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.”

Source : "Chronicle" by Nadine Brozan, www.nytimes.com. October 1, 1994.
“As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and hopefully please yourself - because you cant possibly please everyone.”
“I think we need to educate our doctors about addiction.”
“While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
“Decades ago, visitors from other planets warned us about the direction we were heading and offered to help. Instead, some of us interpreted their visits as a threat, andÂ decided to shoot first andÂ ask questions after. It is ironic that the US should be fighting monstrously expensive wars, allegedly to bring democracy to thoseÂ countries, when it itself can no longerÂ claim to be called a democracy when trillions, and I mean thousands of billions ofÂ dollars have been spent on black projects which both congress and the commander in chief have been kept deliberately in the dark.”
“Small towns make up for their lack of people by having everyone be more interesting.”

Source : Doris Haddock, Dennis Burke (2001). “Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year”, p.139, Villard
“The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.”

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