"In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state."

-- Elizabeth Strout

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Maine Quotes

“If you obey the technique to perfection, that technique will become invisible.”

Source : Alan Chadwick (2008). “Performance in the Garden: A Collection of Talks on Biodynamic French Intensive Horticulture”, Logosophia
“Winning is everything in Hollywood.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them.”
“The history of our race, and each individualâ€™s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.”
“By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.”
“Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth.”

Source : Andreas Feininger (1982). “Total photography”, Not Avail
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”
“Truth is always the first war casualty. The emotional disturbances and distortions in historical writing are greatest in wartime.”

Source : Harry Elmer Barnes (1980). “Revisionism: A Key to Peace and Other Essays”

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