"One of the best safeguards of our hopes, I have suggested, is to be able to mark off the areas of hopelessness and to acknowledge them, to face them directly, not with despair but with the creative intent of keeping them from polluting all the areas of possibility."

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Source : William F. Lynch (1974). “Images of Hope: Imagination as Healer of the Hopeless”

William F. Lynch

#Creative Quotes #Hopeful Quotes #Despair Quotes

“I love the flexibility of saying, "Today we're making 50-foot paintings, and we're going to have to join hands and figure out how that's going to work." But in the end, it's a possibility.”
“In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.”
“Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest.”
“I do believe babies are born potty-trained. They're born knowing and are able to give subtle signals that become very prominent if you reinforce them.”
“It pisses me off to think we're conditioned to push away bad feelings and think anything that's uncomfortable is to be avoided. When things are really bad nowadays, I recognize the value in it because it's me filling my quota- it's going to make my joy more intense later.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. June 4, 2012.
“There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the currently record low fixed mortgage rates and significantly reduce their monthly mortgage payments.”
“Yeah and she's my kinda crazy The little games she plays Lord they'll never get old She's too cute to get on my last nerve The way she throws her little fits Pokin' out her lip and bitin' mine when we kiss There ain't a fight that she can't win That's my baby And she's my kinda crazy”

Source : Song: My Kind Of Crazy, Album: Halfway To Heaven, 2010
“Nobody gets to pick their time to die, but living every day to the max is something we all get to do.”

Source : Lurlene McDaniel (2000). “Dawn Rochelle: Four Novels”, Starfire

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