"A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand."

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Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.272, Open Road Media

Beryl Markham

#Hands Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Maps Quotes

“Unlike someone like Tom Hanks, or U2, the comics industry is not a thriving industry and we all need to keep and expand our audience. The best way to do that is to keep the fans we have happy and to keep them excited about our next projects so they'll keep following our work. The best way to do that is to continually engage them in conversation. I don't mean to sound flippant by any means. We're not being nice to our fans because we have to.”

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“The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.”
“How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?”
“I felt I had nothing more to say. Everything would have had to be a replay of the previous two or three albums, and that decided me to stop. What bothered me most was not playing guitar at all anymore. I felt I had no more contact with the instrument. It was just a piece of wood to me. I even thought music had definitely left me. After fourteen albums, there may be an overload phase, a sort of lassitude.”
“Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.”
“I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I wanted very much to burst through the screen with a flame thrower and burn their eyes out and their balls off and then inquire from them how they would assess the action from a political point of view.”
“The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).”
“You have made some mistakes and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future.”

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