"I create something that means something to me, to the world, and try to do my best. I can't fix everything."

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Source : Source: www.artpractical.com

Kehinde Wiley

#Mean Quotes #Trying Quotes #World Quotes

“Confuse was the nurses' word for abuse.”
“The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own human failing.”
“Prayer is not a monologue. It speaks to God and to the community. In the last analysis, religion is not what goes on inside a soul. It is what goes on in the world, between people, between us and God. To trap faith in a monologue, and pretend that it resides solely inside the self, undermines the true interchange of all belief.”
“Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest.”

Source : Richard Harris Barham (1847). “The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth and Marvels”, p.357
“Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.”
“Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right.”
“As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.”

Source : "Steven Seagal: a reality TV star is born" by Marina Hyde, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2009.
“She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it's there, because it can't hurt, and because what difference does it make?”

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