"I want a lot to eat, I'm going to think today."

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Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.62, The Overlook Press

Mervyn Peake

#Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes #Today Quotes

“It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.”
“The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.”
“I wanted to know what it was like to be a drug addict, and have an eating disorder, and have a loved one die, and fall in love. I saw my friends going through these things, I saw the world going through these things, and I needed to understand them. I needed to make sense of them. Books didnâ€™t make me wallow in darkness, darkness made me wallow in books, and it was books that showed me there is light at the end of the tunnel.”
“I have told our senior executives that I will slaughter holy cows if it benefits the company's long-term success. When we asked ourselves whether Formula 1 still matched the concept of a sustainable company, the clear answer was no.”

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“But there are so many ways to be needy. There are many who mourn and find no comfort. Many are lonely and find no love. Some feel unneeded and find no opportunities to share with others. Anyone who has an unmet need is needy. We are all needy! And those who have something they can share are rich. We are all rich! All of us can share something that may lift a burden or help in some silent struggle.”
“I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've also learned to making big-scale design decisions early.”
“The closer to the top, the more grew in me the belief that it might be fulfilled, which most dreaming.”
“When I taught, all my best students were women.”

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