"The greatest travelers have not gone beyond the limits of their own world; they have trodden the paths of their own souls, of good and evil, of morality and redemption."

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Source : Carlo Levi (2008). “Fear of Freedom: With the Essay, "Fear of Painting"”, p.30, Columbia University Press

Carlo Levi

#Evil Quotes #Soul Quotes #Gone Quotes

“I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.”
“I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could try something like that.”

Source : Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.
“The unexamined life is not worth living. But if all you're doing is examining, then you're not living!”
“I loved when my boyfriends would call me their Amazon girl.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm sort of a gypsy at heart and don't like to stay in one place too long.”
“My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my narrow path and join the swirling mainstream of life, but I always find myself drawn inexorably back towards the chasm's edge, and there I shall walk until the day I finally fall into the abyss.”
“We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their allies in the oil industry. They recognize that the budget is an inappropriate place to decide controversial national policy matters like America's energy policy. We urge all members of Congress to remain steadfast in their belief that the vast, unspoiled wilderness of America?s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is more than a line item in the Federal Budget.”
“Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and a handful of characters, and the book grows from there.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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