"Most thoughtful Americans of today seem to have forgotten how strongly their own and immediate predecessors, Emerson, Hawthorne and Whitman, were still preoccupied with the essence behind things."

-- Johan Huizinga

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“You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.”
“Reading the Bible is the fast track to atheism. Reading the Bible means starting at "In the beginning..." and throwing it down with disgust at "...the grace of the lord Jesus be with all. Amen." I'm sure there are lots of religious people who've read the Bible from start to finish and kept their faith, but in my self-selected sample, all the people I know who have done that are atheists.”
“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
“I realized that the artists who managed to fight through this recession have a better shot at longevity than most. The recession was a test of your resolve and passion. I think as we come out of these rough times we will be more adept at survival and will have gained the skills necessary to make a long fruitful artistic career. There will still be those that fade away but we are more likely to grow and bend with the times and prosper.”

Source : "Lessons From Old Art Magazines". markedwardadams.com. May 3, 2013.
“I really embrace things that I think people who like music can relate to, they grew up with the same stuff and know the same references so when they hear it being used as a metaphor to something else they'll be like that's unique, or funny or something that's relatable to me.”
“Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.”

Source : "Melissa McCarthy: 'I don't know why I am not thinner'", www.foxnews.com. November 7, 2012.
“I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. Â As a nursing mother, I couldnâ€™t sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.”
“A mind that worries about the past is distracted, and a mind that worries about the future is delusional.”

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