"Don't talk of what you are 'going to do!' Do it!"

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Source : William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns

William Morris Hunt

“Modern man threw a brick through his own window in order to sell himself a burglar alarm.”

Source : Allen Carr (2009). “Easy Way to Control Alcohol”, p.80, Arcturus Publishing
“Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'”
“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.”
“I call animals "guardians of Being," especially animals that live with humans. Because, for many humans, it's through their contact with animals they get in touch with that level of being.”
“God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision.”
“People need service - great service where music is concerned.”

Source : "Jimmy Iovine, Eddy Cue Talk Filling the 'Hole' With Apple Music". Interview with Steve Knopper, www.rollingstone.com. June 8, 2015.
“I became alcoholic at around age of 13 or 14. I was full-blown. Every day we would hide the alcohol, stealing from stores or stealing it from our parents and hiding out in dirt fields and drinking it before school and after school.”
“The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they say we are proud; if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.”

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