"Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it."

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Source : Mark Doty (2009). “Dog Years: A Memoir”, p.8, Harper Collins

Mark Doty

#Thinking Quotes #World Quotes #Gateways Quotes

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.”
“A flower is relatively small... Still in a way-nobody sees a flower-so I said to myself-I'll paint it big.”
“President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It ***** the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.”

Source : "Put a Face on It" by Anna Deavere Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.
“If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.”
“Everyone works in the service of man. We doctors work directly on man himself... The great mystery of man is Jesus: 'He who visits a sick person, helps me,' Jesus said... Just as the priest can touch Jesus, so do we touch Jesus in the bodies of our patients... We have opportunities to do good that the priest doesn't have. Our mission is not finished when medicines are no longer of use. We must bring the soul to God; our word has some authority... Catholic doctors are so necessary!”
“One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.”

Source : Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 18, 2012.
“It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches.”

Source : Walter de la Mare “The Return”, Lulu.com
“I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.”

Source : "17 Questions With Nat Wolff". www.seventeen.com. March 05, 2013.

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