"The greatest gift . . . is the realization that life does not consist either of wallowing in the past or of peering anxiously at the future; and it is appalling to contemplate the great number of often painful steps by which one arrives at a truth so old, so obvious, and so frequently expressed. It is good for one to appreciate that life is now. Whatever it offers, little or much, life is now-this day-this hour."

-- Charles Macomb Flandrau

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“Iâ€™m not a follower. I never have been. But Iâ€™ll definitely become someone Iâ€™m not for a few hours if itâ€™ll make me blend in rather than make me a blatant eye sore and draw attention.”
“So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.”
“Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.”
“The knack is to find your own inspiration and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.”

Source : "Top artists reveal how to find creative inspiration", www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.
“If fun is good, truth is still better, and love best of all.”
“My favorite movie ever is 'Bicycle Thieves.”
“One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well -but, when confronted with it in others, one so often resented it, questioned its true nature, secretly dismissed the particular instance as folly or promiscuity. Was it merely jealousy, or a reluctance to admit so noble and enviable a sentiment in anyone but oneself?”
“China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.”

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