"As an artist, even if you are putting out something really dark and disturbing, that's good because it's opening a discussion. Always in the back of my mind is this thought that the world has to be a better place with you in it."

-- Shaun Tan

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“When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You dont think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.”
“I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.”
“What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.”
“Thereâ€™s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.”
“We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.”
“What should I say about life? That it's long and abhors transparence.”
“Animals engage in a struggle for existence; for resources, to avoid being eaten and to breed. Environmental factors influence organisms to develop new characteristics to ensure survival, thus transforming into new species. Animals that survive to breed can pass on their successful characteristics to offspring.”
“The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.”

Source : Florence Littauer (2001). “It Takes So Little to Be Above Average”, Harvest House Pub

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