"At first there is nothing, then there is a profound nothingness, after that a blue profundity."

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Yves Klein

#Blue Quotes #Profound Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the right kind of stuff who can rise above the things which harass and handicap the weak, and do his work in spite of them. Indeed, this is the test of greatness.”
“The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising.”
“I don't want to live on past records.”
“Ain't no man can outrun his fate.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.9, Macmillan
“You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.”
“At no time will we be more Christlike than when we are a friend.”
“Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.45
“I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?”

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