"Father, I beg of Thee a little task To dignify my days, 'tis all I ask."

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people.”
“There is simply too much to be done for us all to go round 'enjoying ourselves.' When the world is perfect, then we can all sit down and eat jelly beans, but for now the fact that things are going well for you just means that you are in a position to alleviate someone else's suffering for a while.”

Source : Jon Richardson (2011). “It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman”, p.21, HarperCollins UK
“Writing is a good example of self-abandonment. I never completely forget myself except when I am writing and I am never more completely myself than when I am writing.”
“Every day, there's that tension and the pressure. Each scene that you shoot is like getting to that next step, but there's still that mountain to climb. So it's not like one day is harder or one scene is harder. They are all equally challenging.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind when the soul is still excited. The goal is a perfect peacefulness even in the middle of the raging storm.”
“When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then you might as well forget it once you're working...”
“Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.”
“There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.”

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