"The more one gives one's self in creative union with another, the more one becomes one's self."

-- Richard Rohr

#Self Quotes #Giving Quotes #Creative Quotes

“It is a psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind; that is, we must register a vow with ourselves, we must make our resolution with vigor, with faith that we can do the thing we want to do; we must register our conviction with such intensity that the great creative forces within us will tend to realize them. Our impressions will become expressions just in proportion to the vigor with which we register our vows to accomplish our ambitions, to make our visions realities.”
“One must be prepared to reject not only the schema of the physical library, which is essentially a response to books and their proliferation, but the schema of the book itself, and even that of the printed page as a long term storage device, if one is to discover the kinds of procognitive systems needed in the future.”

Source : "Quantitative measurement and dynamic library service" by Ching-chih Chen, (p. 52), 1980.
“I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.”
“Never miss it - that's the second biggest compliment I'd give to RealClearPolitics.com. The first is that it has become indispensable to anyone, in or outside of journalism, who's interested in politics, policy, or world affairs.”

Source : "About RealClearPolitics". The Weekly Standard, www.realclearpolitics.com.
“When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused. A top executive was reported to have said, He's nobody. We took him from nobody. We lavished him with lessons and publicity and now he's the most desired man in the world. Who taught him how to walk? We straightened his teeth and capped them into that smile. We taught this dumb cluck how to depict great emotions, and now he wants a piece of the action? Never!”
“Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.”

Source : David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns
“No matter what your race, creed or sexual preference, there is a word that people use to describe you that is very nasty. It's what we all have in common. That, and masturbation.”
“You could say this word is better to use than that word, this sentence is good and that sentence isn't. But you don't determine the value of your work for other people.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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