"I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life."

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Source : "Art Talk with F. Murray Abraham". Interview with Paulette Beete, www.arts.gov. October 24, 2012.

F. Murray Abraham

#Art Quotes #Gang Quotes #Members Quotes

“Imagine a world of nine billion people with clean water, nutritious food, affordable housing, personalized education, top-tier medical care, and nonpolluting, ubiquitous energy. Building this better world is humanityâ€™s grandest challenge,”

Source : Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (2014). “Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“If you continue to dream, if you never abandon your dream, it will come true in the end.”
“And I had by now become used to the idea of witchcraft, it seemed a reasonable thing, so many things are about, at night, in Africa.”
“I should be concentrating on writing pages.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.”

Source : "Thanks, Dad, for Believing in Me Before I Did" by Candace Parker, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2011.
“My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It's kind of a drug, a rush.”
“And pray, who are you?" Said the Violet blue To the Bee, with surprise, At his wonderful size, In her eyeglass of dew. "I, madam," quoth he, "Am a publican Bee, Collecting the tax Of honey and wax. Have you nothing for me?”
“Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference.”

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