"Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession."

-- Fareed Zakaria

#Heart Quotes #Oil Quotes #Arabia Quotes

“For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.”
“It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. They never leave home without their safety nets and I think, good for them, but the thing with safety nets is this. I got tangled in them so many times and the Stella girls always seemed to leave me dangling, upside down, to the point where I almost couldn't breathe anymore.”
“I've never given anybody ***** before. I've been checked out three times already, and I'm clean. I've been clean all my life.”
“Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.”
“Itâ€™s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.”
“Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.”

Source : Edwidge Danticat (2011). “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work”, p.10, Vintage
“When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss. A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you're working.”
“If you attach your mind to any ideology, you're going to be on a road, and that road may or may not lead you in a good direction. But you're gonna stay on that road because you are attached to an ideology. It could be a terrible road, but you stick with it regardless of rational thinking.”

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