"I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things."

-- Edward Gorey

#Artist Quotes #Identity Quotes #Doe Quotes

“I donâ€™t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.”
“Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.51, Macmillan
“I want my word to be up to the scale of the feat of arms performed by the Russian soldier.”
“Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.”

Source : "Gr8 db8r takes on linguistic luddites" by John Crace, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2008.
“Tears are perhaps 1% water but 99% emotions. They contain hurt, pain, sorrow, disappointment, sadnessâ€¦ so cry sometimes and let go of the feelings welling in your heart. Crying won't necessarily solve your problems but it will make you feel better.”
“I think a lot of people were like, "Oh, you're 13, you're gonna rebel." But I was never in public school and I was never really forced to do much of anything, as a kid.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful.”
“I think fate is massive, and it's never really had its place among forces we respect as having control over us.”

Source : Interview with David Wolinsky, film.avclub.com. June 5, 2008.

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