"The history of the meadow goes like this. No one owns it, no one ever will."

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Source : James Galvin (2014). “The Meadow”, p.4, Holt Paperbacks

James Galvin

#Meadows Quotes

“I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'”
“The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.”
“A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.”
“I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is worse, no ambition. Something â€“ the eternal â€˜whatâ€™s the use?â€™ â€“ sets its bronze barrier across every avenue that I open up in the realm of hypothesis.”
“The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For him such memories are bitter ones.”
“Oh, how we need general conference! Through conferences our faith is fortified and our testimonies deepened. And when we are converted, we strengthen each other to stand strong amid the fiery darts of these last days.”
“In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?”
“The biggest atrocity of all is to indoctrinate our children into a system that does not value their creative expression, nor encourage their unique abilities.”

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