"My compulsion is to create things."

-- Julian Schnabel

#Compulsion Quotes

“It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.”

Source : Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.85, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.”
“Compromise is a stalling between two fools.”
“Racism is like high blood pressureâ€”the person who has it doesnâ€™t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not youâ€™re a racist than you are.”
“When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its key features will be the wanton slaughter of more than 170 million people, not in war, but by their own government. The governments that led in this slaughter are the former USSR (65 million) and the Peoples Republic of China (35-40 million). The point to remember is that these governments were the idols of America's leftists. Part of the reason for these and other tyrannical successes was because the people were first disarmed.”
“I get emails from students at programs all over the country who want to transfer to Iowa, and in most cases their frustrations have absolutely nothing to do with the programs they're attending. They have to do with the growing pains that they're undergoing as writers and with the growing pains that our own genre is constantly undergoing.”
“It takes a strong heart to drive on clogged arteries.”
“In my view, after fifty years of service in the United National system, I perceive the utmost urgency and absolute necessity for proper Earth government. There is no shadow of a doubt that the present political and economic systems are no longer appropriate and will lead to the end of life evolution on this planet. We must therefore absolutely and urgently look for new ways.”

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