"One of the glories of doing the book So You Want to Be President? was the shifts in tone, where I was able to be humorous and then very serious. And the impeachment page is certainly the best example of that. I didn't have to think too much about how to present this one. I got the idea right away that a good way of showing the shame of President Nixon would be to put him down in the shadows under the Lincoln Monument, with Lincoln sort of glaring down at him from an elevated, better-lit position."

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David Small

#Humorous Quotes #Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Most of us do not 'sculpt' our lives. We accept what comes our way, then we gripe about it.”
“The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.”

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“We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity, focus on our commonality, and together tear down the mighty walls of injustice.”
“Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.”
“My shadow in my art is one way I trace who I was and where I have been. My shadow and I have been on a journey for quite a while now!”

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“Iâ€™ve heard it said: â€˜By his home you shall know himâ€™; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the subject and auxiliary verb in his sentence.”
“You can't test courage cautiously.”

Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “An American Childhood”, p.102, Canongate Books
“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”

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