"In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you expose the intricacies and realtities of the situation, the less clear-cut things become."

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Source : Mary Roach (2010). “Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife”, p.16, Canongate Books

Mary Roach

#Ignorance Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Views Quotes

“Poets are excellent students of blizzards and salt and broken statuary, but they are always elsewhere for the test. Any intention in the writing of poetry besides the aim to make a poem, of engaging the materials, SHOULD be disappointed. If the poet does not have the chutzpah to jeopardize habituated assumptions and practices, what will be produced will be sleep without dream, a copy of a copy of a copy.”

Source : Dean Young (2010). “The Art of Recklessness: Poetry as Assertive Force and Contradiction”, Graywolf Press
“When I'm at an event, I like to be an eccentric dresser. I will just keep wearing what I like.”
“people are capable of profound metamorphosis, though unfortunately they rarely avail themselves of this genius, force of habit being an even greater enemy of change than cowardice.”
“There is a deep and undeniable sadness in all this: whenever we see the dawn of an eternal good that will never be overcome by evil â€“ an evil that is itself eternal but will never succeed in overcoming good â€“ whenever we see this dawn, the blood of old people and children is always shed.”
“I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. There's something a little freeing about it.”

Source : "Hollywood's Indie Spirit" by Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. June 29, 2012.
“My veins do not end in me but in the unanimous blood of those who struggle for life, love, things, landscape and bread, the poetry of all.”
“Only believe, don't fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it.”
“Evaluation and coaching get tangled together. When this occurs, the noise of evaluation drowns out coaching efforts. Think of this like a term paper. When you get your assignment grade back (evaluation) you tend to tune out the professor notes in the margins (coaching) if the grade is higher or lower than expected.”

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