"The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-itâ€™s to imagine what is possible."

-- Bell Hooks

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“My caddie 'Stovepipe' tried to talk me into hitting a 3-wood. But I took out the turf rider (4-wood) instead. The moment I hit it, I felt something in my bones. Walter Hagen was playing with me and Bobby Jones was on the green. 21 people were behind the green. The sun was going down. I wasn't sure it had gone in the hole until I saw all 21 people jumping up and down.”
“To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness of a scholar but the stamina of a horse.”

Source : Nancy Milford (2001). “Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay”, p.11, Random House
“I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit artfully concealed by stacks of Ksubi skinny jeans and ironic Judas Priest T-shirts.”
“Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.”
“Are you willing to say to God that He can have whatever He wants?Â Do you believe that whole hearted commitment to Him is more important than any other thing or person in your life?Â Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter; unless it is about loving God and loving the people He has made?”
“If we are truly humble , we will co-operate.”
“Meeting together, forming SS501 is the best thing happened in my life.”
“There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.”

Source : Marie de France (2014). “French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France”, p.205, The Floating Press

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