"I only understand realism."

-- Manuel Puig

#Realism Quotes

“"What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh ," he said. "It is," I said. "That's not about Taoism," he said. "Oh, yes it is," I said."”
“Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.”
“It's one thing to tell a front man to drop off and fill in the hole behind, but if they don't know why they are doing it, it is not an easy thing to teach. But Rooney's just got it.”
“I really, truly believe in learning from other people's mistakes.”
“When remaining in awareness itself, every thought movement, no matter what kind, is like a drawing in air.”

Source : Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Marcia Binder Schmidt, Erik Pema Kunsang (2001). “Vajra Speech”, p.79, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
“I see my work as visual meditations on the human experience and my attempts to capture the thin, otherwordly realm I believe exists between what we see and what we cannot.”
“Like anything, you don't force kids to cook. It just becomes part of life - have them be around it, keep them informed - talk about it. I try to relay my passion for it in these ways. The second you try to force anything on your own kid, they rebel.”
“The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.”

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