"I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore Im always pleasantly surprised."

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Lianne La Havas

“There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any other.”

Source : Jostein Gaarder (2003). “The Solitaire Mystery”, p.82, Macmillan
“My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.”
“Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.”
“I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness, a belief that you can still change things with the image.”

Source : "Artforum International" Interview with Miriam Rosen, February 2001.
“Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.”
“Blessed be Thou, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst foretell Thy death before the time, and in the Last Supper didst wonderfully consecrate Thy precious Body of material bread, and also charitably gave it to Thy Apostles, in memory of Thy most worthy Passion”
“At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.”
“Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way.”

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