"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."

-- Edmund Burke

#Peace Quotes #Passion Quotes #Creativity Quotes

“We have all lost our possessions and many of us our homes," he said. "But these losses, severe though they may seem, remind us of what no person can take, and that is our minds and our imaginations.”

Source : Lloyd Jones (2011). “Mister Pip”, p.125, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The island is in Kenya, the water is in Uganda... But the [Luos, a Kenyan ethnic group] are mad, they want to fish here but this is Uganda.”

Source : "Kenyan MPs' Fury Over Island Row". news.bbc.co.uk. May 13, 2009.
“So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.”
“The most significant bands I played in when I first got to New York were Bobby Watson's band, Roy Hargrove's first band, Benny Golson's band, Benny Green's trio, and probably the most significant out of all of those, for me personally, was playing in Freddie Hubbard's band.”
“I am interested in beauty when it has something special and mysterious.”
“Like I've said before, so many times before, I'm not a good person, I'm not a hero. I'm a criminal, a liar, a cheat, a killer. It was them or me and I wanted to live.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 2: Solitary”, p.132, Faber & Faber
“I need to do a concert to celebrate David Bowie's electronic music. And in so doing, I'm not taking a step back, I'm taking a step forward and presenting it in its entirety so people can understand this type of visionary.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I'm not ashamed that I need glasses for distance. I did not feel like I needed to have all of that hair, which was typical Star Jones, or the extra lashes or the heavy makeup.”

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