"Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words."

-- Wally Lamb

#Stories Quotes #Hardship Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Since I learned English, I've become a motormouth!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I accept myself completely here and now and consciously experience everything I feel, think, say and do (including my emotion backed addictions) as a necessary part of my growth into higher consciousness.”
“There, at the centre, are the artists who really form the consciousness of their time; they respond deeply, intuitively to what is happening, what has happened, and what will happen, and their response is expressed in metaphor, in image and in fable.”
“A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done.”
“I lied to you about a lot of things....but I meant every apology.”
“My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.”
“I have always told anyone who would listen that I was available for more public service.”
“The history of Canada has been profoundly influenced by the habits of an animal which very fittingly occupies a prominent place on her coat of arms.”

Source : Harold Adams Innis (1999). “The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History”, p.3, University of Toronto Press

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