"The essay community should have hundreds of anthologies from hundreds of different perspectives that are constantly introducing us to new writers, new work, and new visions for our genre. The whole spirit of these anthologies is that there should never be a last word in how essays are interpreted or what they can be."

-- John D'Agata

#Should Have Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Community Quotes

“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”
“My parents are both really, really funny, and my little sister is a really good painter, and my other sister is a really good writer.”
“With Pussy Riot - this was a prank! It was a brilliant, artistically gifted prank. But they didn't expect to go to prison! They were college girls who became political prisoners for two years. That makes them very similar to the people who were "just going to a protest one day" and got arrested. They had no idea they were risking the rest of their lives. Because you're never the same after you've spent two years in a gulag.”
“A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.”
“God has a time for everything, a perfect schedule. He is never too soon, never too late. The when of His will is as important as the what and the how.”

Source : Richard C. Halverson (1986). “No Greater Power: Perspective for Days of Pressure”, Multnomah Pub
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
“Who doesn't love a 'Lifetime' movie? I think that they know their audience so well.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.”

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