"Good Heaven, whose darling attribute we find is boundless grace, and mercy to mankind, abhors the cruel."

-- John Dryden

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“If you are sad, ask yourself why you are sad. Then pick up the phone and call someone and tell him the answer to the question. If you don't know anyone, call the operator and tell him. Most people don't know that the operator has to listen, it is a law. Also, the postman is not allowed to go inside your house, but you can talk to him on public property for up to four minutes or until he wants to go, whichever comes first.”
“In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.”

Source : "Frank Ocean: 'I told y'all my album would be the best!'" by Rebecca Nicholson, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2012.
“I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.”

Source : Siri Engberg, Kiki Smith, Linda Nochlin, Walker Art Center, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005). “Kiki Smith: a gathering, 1980-2005”
“I don't like to hurt people, I really don't like it at all. But in order to get a red light at the intersection, you sometimes have to have an accident.”

Source : "Jack Anderson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist, Dies at 83". www.foxnews.com. December 17, 2005.
“I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.”
“If courage is acting according to one's conscience despite pain or fear, then strength is the ability to keep conscience awake and in force despite the demands of authorities to do otherwise.”

Source : Martha Stout, Ph.D. (2005). “The Sociopath Next Door”, p.68, Harmony
“We canâ€™t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.”
“I love hip hop music, I make hip hop music.”

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