"On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine."

-- Duke Ellington

#People Quotes #Taught Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.”

Source : Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Childe Hassam, Jordan-Volpe Gallery (1994). “Childe Hassam: American impressionist”, Te Neues Pub Group
“My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.”
“In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!”
“Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.”

Source : Sarah Kay, “If I should have a daughter”
“I love dogs because they're so adaptable.”
“I think a successful adaptation rises or falls on the work presented. If people need to read the book to understand the play, I didn't complete the job.”

Source : Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com
“Gypsies are, to say the least, underrepresented in literature and film.”

Source : Source: www.bookbrowse.com
“People have been warning us that language was going to the dogs ever since Latin started turning into French. Yet the dogs in question never seem to emerge yelping on the horizon.”

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