"That's point of writing: building what you need, right?"

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Source : "One on One: Justin Chin and Daphne Gottlieb". www.advocate.com. February 18, 2012.

Daphne Gottlieb

#Writing Quotes #Needs Quotes #Building Quotes

“I think the antidote to any symptom borne of fear and scarcity is love. Compassion, understanding, respect, honor: all the things we need to help the world heal begin there.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.”
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshelâ€”â€˜Thou mayestâ€™â€” that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if â€˜Thou mayestâ€™â€”it is also true that â€˜Thou mayest not.”
“A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.”
“As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music.”

Source : "Bittersweet Motel", www.imdb.com. 2000.
“Perhaps my children will one day pledge their loyalty to the Republican Party. Or perhaps they'll dismiss my liberalism as mild pap, and become anarchists. Either way may well be a reaction to my manipulation, my values. We are all the product of the indoctrination we received at the hands of our parents, even when we are repudiating that ideology.”
“The idea of hunting and gathering as the best way for life has become quite popular recently, much more populare in some circles than the idea of simple farming as the best way of life. Many of the new primitives regard the beginnings of agriculture as one of humanity's major steps in the wrong direction. Most of the people who are drawn to such ideas do their actual hunting and gathering in grocery stores, but the *feeling* is there; it takes the form of a religion...expressed by particpating in American Indian rituals - or primitive-style rituals that are created anew.”
“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.”

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