"Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too."

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Lois McMaster Bujold

#Real Quotes #Color Quotes #Black Quotes

“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.”

Source : "Between You and Me". Book by Louis Nizer, 1948.
“Anybody who severs their own Achilles tendon, takes blood thinners to induce a hospital stay , or beats themselves with their fists hurts themselves as much, if not more, than they benefit from the attention they derive from their actions. Con artists usually benefit from misleading others without sacrificing anything themselves. All my girls have sacrificed plenty.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Faith refers to Christ. Holiness depends on faith. Heaven depends on holiness.”
“Creative Destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.83, Routledge
“Desperate times require desperate measures. What Lincoln and the Lobbyist for the Amendment and the Manager of the Amendment and himself, what they did to get this passed was not illegal. It was murky, but what they did was noble and grand. How they went about it was somewhat murky, but nothing they did was really illegal.”
“Teenagers are a great audience and they are fearless about asking what they want to know.”
“The Motion Picture Association of America wipes the sweat off its brow and sings the PG-13 song.”
“Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or the community--are more likely to be overburdened by the demands of their babies and to be unable to respond to them adequately. Parents who experience severe poverty or economic insecurity, who cannot satisfy their own basic needs, are likely to have difficulty in responding to their children's needs.”

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