"I was never one to paint space, I paint air."

-- Fairfield Porter

#Air Quotes #Space Quotes #Paint Quotes

“Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.”
“First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing because I'm not a Jew. Then they came for the socialists, but I did nothing because I'm not a socialist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I did nothing because I'm not a Catholic. Finally, they came for me, but by then there was no one left to help me.”

Source : Martin Niemöller (1986). “Exile in the Fatherland: Martin Niemöller's Letters from Moabit Prison”
“The yoga we practice is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature and a divine life into the mental, vital and physical nature and life of humanity. Its object is not personal Mukti, although Mukti is a necessary condition of the yoga, but the liberation and transformation of the human being. It is not personal Ananda, but the bringing down of the divine Ananda - Christ's kingdom of heaven, our Satyayuga - upon the earth.”
“Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.”
“I believe if the viewing of slaughter was required to eat meat, most folks would become vegetarians.”
“It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.”
“[Country Music] is the final destination for many punk rockers [...] Rockabilly is the mid-point and then [they] end up at Country [...] There's purity to that music and I think that appeals to a lot of punk rock people - the precision, the purity, and the directness of Country Music.”
“you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.”

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