"Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, because he believed that God had commanded it. To kill your son is unthinkable. A crime. But if you are acting in the belief that your God, your supreme deity whom you must obey, has demanded it of you, is it still a crime?"

-- Libba Bray

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“You can't do such a lot and do it all so well and have much time left for the ordinary human feelings.”
“Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?”
“There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.”
“I really try towork with an artist who is trying to create a long legacy of quality rather than trying to jump aboard a trend.”

Source : "BARONESS' John Dyer Baizley Interview About His Artwork Process". Interview with Michael Weigman, www.metalinjection.net. July 10, 2014.
“Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because it was. Being a woman seemed vulnerable and sad. Even the strong women I knew - and they were all strong - had earned their strength through enduring huge disappointments and tremendous struggles.”
“Story is the umbilical cord that connects us to the past, present, and future. Family. Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. . . . Story is an affirmation of our ties to one another.”
“The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.”
“No British Government ever will and ever can risk the bones of a British grenadier.”

Source : On the Polish Corridor in a letter to Sir Eyre Crowe, February 16, 1925.

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