"Faith cannot be shaken, it is the result of being shaken."

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Source : Jacob Needleman (2009). “The New Religions”, p.183, Penguin

Jacob Needleman

#Results Quotes

“When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs.”
“Envy-Thy art blindness”
“The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is still no reliable method for predicting fertility levels a generation from now, to say nothing of a century hence,”
“Jazz is a music that really allows a person to express his deepest self, his most personal self - Africa being the primary source of jazz. Naturally, improvisation and swing are a part of jazz, improvisation being the key.”
“Like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room.”

Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.74, Scholastic
“Breaking an old business model is always going to require leaders to follow their instinct. There will always be persuasive reasons not to take a risk. But if you only do what worked in the past, you will wake up one day and find that youâ€™ve been passed by.”
“The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion”
“Through endless night the earth whirls toward a creation unknown...”

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