"I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because Im not so censored when I use dream material."

-- Kathy Acker

#Dream Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“Martial arts was something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life, and I wasn't getting what I needed from college. When I realized that I could fight for money and have it be part of my learning experience as a martial artist, it made perfect sense for me to dive into fighting.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“When you do well in school as a young person you can foresee a bountiful future for yourself. When you don't do well, the future you see is bleak. It's tough to find an honour student in trouble with the law. We have to feel that we're of value and we get that from people reacting to our prudence.”

Source : Source: fightnetwork.com
“My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.”
“If the reader enters a kind of immersive experience reading a book, then I have to enter a kind of immersive state to do my best work.”
“When you live your whole life in a prison freedom can be so dull”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 30, 2014
“Everything seems impossible until you see success.”
“A vision we give to others of who and what they could become has power when it echoes what the spirit has already spoken into their souls.”

Source : Larry Crabb (2005). “Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships”, p.112, Thomas Nelson Inc
“It is the rare and strong person that can carry their trauma without having it spill into the next generation.”

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