"He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Work Quotes

“Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”

Source : "Auguste Rodin: The Man, His Ideas, His Works". Book by Auguste Rodin, p. 61-63, 1905.
“I'm not a standup. I don't really have jokes. I don't have 10 minutes. It took a while for me to realize this.”
“I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.”
“The Gypsy Heart tour is a dream come true. Not only because of all the beautiful cities I will get to visit, but all of the beautiful people I will get to meet. Gypsy Heart is not just a tour for me, but a mission to spread love.”
“Before I had a kid, I was off in some kind of cosmic state all of the time, and thinking about the world beyond, thinking about intellectual stuff. And then, after I had a kid, just the whole process of giving birth is just so earthy and grounding and insane and it's all just an intense physical ordeal.”
“There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me ...”
“Why are there five syllables in the word â€œmonosyllabicâ€?”
“Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.”

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