"I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for themselves which aesthetics are closest to their own. Still, while I try not to be a nostalgist myself, I suppose I am drawn to those poignant moments in our lives, rendered clearly and artfully."

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Source : Source: andreaauten.wordpress.com

David Starkey

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes

“Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.”
“What we suffer from today is an excess of education.”
“The purest treasure mortal times can afford is a spotless reputation.”
“And sex is definitely part of college life.”
“I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.”
“How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground before they would fall into an exact poem, yea, or so much as make a good discourse in prose? And may not a little book be as easily made by chance as this great volume of the world?”
“When you really want to say no, say no. You can't do everything - or at least not well.”
“The heart of change is in the emotions.”

Source : "The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations". Book by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen, August 1, 2002.

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