"Seeing is a gift that comes with practice."

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Source : Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.151, Island Press

Stephanie Mills

#Practice Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Jesus defeated satan in Gethsemane on the cross, not by directly confronting the devil, but by fulfilling the destiny to which He had been called. The greatest battle that was ever won was accomplished by the apparent death of the victor, without even a word of rebuke to His adversary!”
“When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.”
“An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.”
“But the pop-up suburb has an incomplete feel to it like something that just wasn't right, wasn't quite real, almost like a movie set. When people raised families in that sterile environment, it produced directionless children who became directionless teenagers, then directionless adults. With no roots, no past to stand on, you got hollow kids.”

Source : Anne Frasier (2012). “Hush”, p.21, Theresa Weir
“Have I today done anything to fulfill the purpose for which Thou didst cause me to be born?”

Source : John Baillie (1952). “A diary of private prayer”, Scribner
“If people can write to each other across space, why can they not write across time too?”

Source : Ahdaf Soueif (2012). “The Map of Love”, p.324, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.
“But you're the only one, Scarlet. You'll always be the only one.”

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