"If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need."

-- William L. McKnight

#Creativity Quotes #Sheep Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Zen purposes to discipline the mind itself, to make it its own master, through an insight into its proper nature. This getting into the real nature of one's own mind or soul is the fundamental object of Zen Buddhism. Zen, therefore, is more than meditation and Dhyana in its ordinary sense. The discipline of Zen consists in opening the mental eye in order to look into the very reason of existence.”
“I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.”

Source : "John Daly, novelty act or cult hero, still irresistible to Open crowds" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2015.
“I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
“I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.”

Source : "Chloe Sevigny: the interview" by Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.
“You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Why don't people believe us when we say we're simply in love?”
“I'm gonna perform on one of the nights. Good clean fun; we're not going to jail. For the record.”
“It is in the thousands of days of trying, failing, sitting, thinking, resisting, dreaming, raveling, unraveling that we are at our most engaged, alert, and alive.”

Source : Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.88, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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