"What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability], but it was coming to an understanding."

-- Kalup Linzy

#Artist Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Able Quotes

“People build continuity into their life: Places, friends and goals. We go to work on Monday with plans for Friday night, enroll as freshmen intending to be seniors and save money for retirement. We try to control what comes next and shape it to meet our will.”

Source : Nathaniel Fick (2006). “One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer”, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.”
“The same way I want them to take me seriously. I want them to look at my music as kind of like an open book to who I am inside.”
“Climate change is so big that people who study it.. and many do.. need to speak to it. They must present scientific papers, they must appear in public, they must speak to the media and we must hear their voices. In order to get policy right, policymakers.. governments.. need to make decisions based on sound science.”
“I couldn't stand for a flag that represented tyranny and oppression. Not just from a domestic perspective but from a global one. It's supposed to represent equality and justice for all, and I believe the flag is a symbol that's supposed to represent the character of the people. When that character is not in line with what I believe in, then I'm opposed to that symbol. I couldn't see myself standing and still can't.”
“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”
“There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.”
“Know from the bounteous heaven all riches flow.”

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