"We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too."

-- William Cowper

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“I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff.”
“There is a difference between running with all your heart with your eyes closed and running with all your heart with your eyes wide open.”
“Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness.”

Source : "Ignore the Young, Forget the Old" by Tavis Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 10, 2012.
“Palestine is about how we drink the water, whether we are being ecological or not. Palestine is our way of exercising our daily living. That's what's going to solve the problem of Palestine. It's also how we think of ourselves spiritually. This kind of disconnectedness is harmful to the person who is acting that way and is sometimes annoying.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Seven hearts the journey make. Seven ways the hearts will break. Bravest heart will carry on When sleep is death, and hope is gone. Look in the fiery jaws of fear And see the answer white and clear, Then throw away all thoughts of home, For only then your quest is done.”
“Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference.”
“Caring. And reading the Bible, learning about God, Jesus, love. He said, 'Bring on the children', 'Imitate the children', 'Be like the children' and 'Take care of others.' Take care of old people. And we were raised with those values. Those are very important values and my family and I we were raised with those values and they continue strong in us today.”
“The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.”

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