"I prefer true over happy now."

-- Julianna Baggott

“But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.”
“That's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that I'm not quite there, you know. There's always more for me to be able to do.”
“There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius â€” and I count myself among these â€” have to restore the lost connection once more.”

Source : Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, p.68, Northwestern University Press
“Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.”
“Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.”

Source : "Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell Named RGA Chairman". www.rga.org. August 15, 2011.
“It would be a sad error in judgement to mistake me for a corpse.”
“An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person.”
“You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter, or to go and post about your bowel movement on Facebook. And I'm not even talking about legacy; I'm talking about the fact that I personally feel most alive when I'm making something, and I feel least alive when I'm being led around by some obnoxious use of my attention that I wasn't aware of. To me, that's the thing. You can buy the jogging shoes and you can buy the Runner's World, but until you put them on and walk out the door every day, you're just a fat man.”

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