"I believe an artist is the last person in the world who can afford to be affected."

-- Georgia O'Keeffe

#Believe Quotes #Artist Quotes #World Quotes

“If the country is to survive as a democracy it will depend on voters who understand how our political institutions have evolved and the events that went into their creation. A nation's sense of its history is indistinguishable from its social cohesion.”
“When the word began to get out, the idea of tying imitations of aquatic worms was not met with universal approval in the fly-fishing community. It seems that worms had somehow gotten a bad name. I think a fishing pal of mine hit it on the head when he said, It just pisses them off that you can catch trout, I mean really big trout, on a fly that a five-year old can tie in twenty seconds!”

Source : Ed Engle (1991). “Fly Fishing the Tailwaters”, p.34, Stackpole Books
“Constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.”
“All men are potential rapists.”
“Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you canâ€™t do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who canâ€™t protect themselves,”
“If you love what you do, it won't be work.”
“Truthfulness with me is hardly a virtue. I cannot discriminate between truths that and those that don't need to be told.”
“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.”

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