"I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen."

-- George Bernard Shaw

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“My parents' parents were regular working-class people. I ended up speaking in a certain way, and one gets sidelined into doing certain parts. I think that is really quite narrow-minded.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“From the stars we come, to the stars we go. Life is but a journey into the unknown.”

Source : Walter Moers (2008). “The City of Dreaming Books”, p.48, The Overlook Press
“Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego, self-solicitous about its own tenderness, is the ultimate policeman over its own false consciousness, dementedly uprooting every healthy seedling of insight into the truth. As Kierkegaard remarked, most people are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, but the real trick and task of life is to learn to be just the very opposite.”
“As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.”
“Even my nighttime dreams are very, very rooted in reality. They just start to become surreal, little by little.”

Source : "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eric Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.
“The golden light of metaphor, which is the intelligence of poetry, was implicit in alchemical study. To change, magically, one substance into another, more valuable one is the ancient function of metaphor, as it was of alchemy.”
“A centerpiece for any kind of progressive social and economic program needs to be full employment with decent wages and working conditions. The reasons are starting with money. Does someone in your family have a job and, if so, how much does it pay? For the overwhelming majority of the world's population, how one answers these two questions determines, more than anything else, what one's living standard will be. But beyond just money, your job is also crucial for establishing your ability to raise a family, and your chances to participate in the life of your community.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“We don't always get what we deserve," she replied, patting James over his heart. "Sometimes we get more; sometimes we get less. At least we get something.”

Source : Kate Jacobs (2008). “The Friday Night Knitting Club”, p.329, Penguin

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