"The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life."

-- Lisa See

#Calling Quotes

“Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to actually live take a lot of courage.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players.”
“There's a very fine line between pleasure and pain. They are two sides of the same coin, one not existing without the other.”
“When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what preceded it: to be original, an artist must also belong to the tradition from which he departs. To put it another way, he must violate the expectations of his audience, but he must also, in countless ways, uphold and endorse them.”
“The strong were always eating the weak.”

Source : "Deep Fathom". Book by James Rollins, July 3, 2001.
“The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended.”

Source : "We Must All Be Charlie Hebdo Today" by Flemming Rose, www.politico.com. December 23, 2014.
“New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance.”

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