"If people want insights, if they want to swim in the currents of their own time and share the experiences of their time, then it makes sense to engage with the artists of one's own time."

-- Michael Hersch

#Artist Quotes #People Quotes #Swim Quotes

“Every time we pray our horizon is altered, our attitude to things is altered, not sometimes but every time, and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.”
“I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.”

Source : "On the Rise: The Natalia Kills Experience". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.
“I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the wilderness.”
“The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw.”
“If someone takes something from me Iâ€™m going to grab it right back out of their cold, twisted sick hands and say it is mine, and I am going to punch you in the face and push you in the dirt because this is the teachers!Â These are our tools and you sick people need to deal with us and the children we teach.”

Source : "Michael Mulgrew defends Common Core: ‘You sick people need to deal with us and the children that we teach’". www.nydailynews.com. Friday, August 8.
“Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.”
“My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always just felt daft.”
“It had been a humdrum couple of days, reaffirming his belief in reincarnation: everything was so boring that this could not be the first time he'd experienced it.”

Source : "Zone One". Book by Colson Whitehead, October 6, 2011.

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