"Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it."

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Source : Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1997). “A Mary Wilkins Freeman Reader”, p.132, U of Nebraska Press

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

#Change Quotes #Progress Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“There's no race, no religion, no class system, no color - nothing - no sexual orientation, that makes us better than anyone else. We're all deserving of love.”

Source : Oscar Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Acceptance Speech, delivered 7 March 2010
“So many creeds like the weeds in the sod - so many temples, and only one God.”

Source : Frank Lebby Stanton (1898). “Comes One with a Song”
“It is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen.”
“Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key to the success and never-ending beauty and harmony of Realism.”
“I think change is always a good thing. Change keeps things moving.”
“This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet”
“I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.”
“Do I race motorcycles? I do. I use the word 'race' because, I admit, what I do on a motocross bike is different than riding a Harley down the street.”

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