"Only silence perfects silence."

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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

A. R. Ammons

#Silence Quotes

“I've always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.”
“Who in their right mind wouldn't listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he's letting us do the things to have the success.”
“We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.”
“The other thing is we have an incredible villain. And we worked very hard to have villains that are connected to the hero. They have an effect, an emotional effect. They never become out-of-this-world, crazy villains.”
“You don't serve God by saying: the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it. Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God. We help overcome this lack of effectiveness simply by suffering on account of it.”
“Most importantly, postmodernism comes down on the side of photography and power, not photography as power. As a consequence, photography continues to be conceived as an inconsequential vehicle or passage for real powers that always originate elsewhere.”
“God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!”
“Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.”

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