"I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life"

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Armistead Maupin

#Pieces Quotes #Bits And Pieces Quotes

“I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.”
“The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood.”
“It means that we should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over.”

Source : Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.234, Macmillan
“You should never even ask if a campaign is winnable, because the question is not answerable. No-one can predict the course of the future. Time and time again I have seen completely unforeseeable shifts in the tide of events that result in campaign victory.”
“The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, and then intelligently asking why they did so.”

Source : Thomas Troward (2007). “The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science”, p.69, Cosimo, Inc.
“I like a lot of good European films, good - anything really. I'm a big fan of Netflix and I get films from them all the time. If I hear about something that I don't know, that I haven't seen, forgot about, I immediately jot it down and add it to my Netflix list or if there's a film that's available that I haven't seen for many years, I get that.”
“They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.”
“I feel the responsibility to make things which on some level have something positive to say.”

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