"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."

-- Laurie Halse Anderson

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“Religion is the opium of the masses.”
“You get older and you learn there is one sentence just four worlds long and if you can say it to yourself it offers more comfort than almost any other. It goes like thisâ€¦ Ready â€ â€œReady.â€ â€œAt least I tried.”
“Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it.”
“The flame of inspiration needs to be encouraged. Put a glass around that small candle and protect it from discouragement or ridicule.”

Source : Mary Higgins Clark (2008). “Kitchen Privileges”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
“Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.”
“Being a classical musician I'm fascinated with how my colleagues, not just singers, but every musician finds ways to express something else or something new or the same ol', same ol' in classical music. I'm always in dialogue with other musicians at least orally, if I can't be with them and a lot of dead musicians as well. I've learned a lot from dead people on recordings.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Part of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action.”
“In writing novels, you have to believe in yourself or there would be no way to sustain it. But you also have to give good evidence regularly for having that faith in self-either with quality goods or with, at least, "good efforts." Working hard will do when inspiration is not forthcoming.”

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