"I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying."

-- Mavis Staples

#Hands Quotes #Want Quotes #Hearing Quotes

“...the dark ancestral cave, the womb from which mankind emerged into the light, forever pulls one back - but...you can't go home again...you can't go...back home to the escapes of Time and Memory. You Can't Go Home Again”
“They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us...”
“Screw up often; but screw up ahead of everybody else, and than learn as much, and than use it to make subsequent investments.”
“Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.”

Source : "It's Me O Lord: The Autobiography of Rockwell Kent". Book by Rockwell Kent, 1955.
“Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Cotton candy is the most amazing form of caramelization ever invented by man.”
“Unless you got a really good reason, you should be nice.”
“Avoid People and Situations That Upset You. Those things, people, situations, and experiences you dont like--avoid them. Stay away. Walk away. Do something else. Some might call this cowardly. I call it smart. The world is brimming with things, people, and experiences. We will never experience all of them if we live to be 10,000. So why not associate with the ones that naturally please you?”

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