"You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive."

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Source : James Stephens (2015). “The Crock of Gold”, p.7, Booklassic

James Stephens

#Giving Quotes #Fit Quotes

“The West has made people too time-conscious, not knowing where they are going but speeding to get there because time is short.”
“I'm the only Red in our family! You know my father, my brother, my brother-in-law, my 14-year-old niece and two of my uncles are all City season ticket holders. So I'm gonna say 5-0 to United!”
“The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.”

Source : Wassily Kandinsky (1914). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.32, Courier Corporation
“At least I had that, one guy understood me.”
“Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it might. I had no guarantees, but I trusted that if I worked hard and put in the time, it would eventually reap a fruit. I just didn't know what that fruit was going to be or how big it was going to be.”

Source : "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29, 2012.
“I've never considered soundtracks for what I write. Nor have I considered computer drawing or painting. As a painter, I'm still trying to perfect what I started out doing with brushes, pen and ink, paint, etc. The transition, for me, from typewriter to computer was a big step. I am now very comfortable with writing on a computer but it took awhile. Because I did make that big step I won't rule out what happens in the future.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The modern airplane creates a new geographical dimension. A navigable ocean of air blankets the whole surface of the globe. There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one.”
“I'm a simple guy. There's nothing fancy about my life.”

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