"Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food."

-- Irving Stone

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“Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.”
“The government has created a nation of paper criminals. People can be put in jail and lose civil rights and liberties through bureaucratic procedures.The only thing that is keeping you out of jail is government goodwill.”
“Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.”
“I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going to cut off my view of the sky. . . . Flying got into my soul instantly but the answer as to why must be found somewhere back in the mystic maze of my birth and childhood and the circumstances of my earlier life. Whatever I am is elemental and the beginnings of it all have their roots in Sawdust Road. I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and stars.”
“I have no desire to play most of the roles being offered”
“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.”

Source : "The Fun’s in the Fight". www.motherjones.com. May/June 1993.
“For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.”
“It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.”

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