"The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge."

-- Kenneth E. Boulding

#Vision Quotes #Agnostic Quotes #Complexity Quotes

“I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.”
“I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.”

Source : "Melanie Fiona Looks Forward To 'Empowering' Tour With Alicia Keys" by Steven Roberts, www.mtv.com. January 08, 2010.
“However ugly a face may be, we can discover some beauty in it if we first experience wonder before it and then begin to understand it, too.”
“I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. Itâ€™s always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded,”
“The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future. Cut loose the past; it is dead weight. Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end.”
“Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title, seems to beckon with a promise of incredible wonders, surprises, and adventures.”
“I think people in general don't take enough risks. Some people feel that before they can take on that next challenge they need to be 100 percent ready. It's just not true. Even people in their jobs aren't perfect at their jobs. So my biggest advice to people is to step out there. Take the risk and deal with it. What is the worst that could happen? It's about thriving on risk instead of shrinking from risk.”
“Being a successful couple was learning what you were willing to compromise on, and what you weren't; learning when to stand your ground, and when to give it up; what was truly important enough to fight over, and what was just you being pissy. You learned each other's hot buttons, the places that hurt, or angered, when you pressed them. Love makes you learn where all the pitfalls are, and how to avoid them, or how to set them off.”

Source : Laurell K. Hamilton (2012). “Kiss the Dead: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.65, Penguin

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