"The complexities of what we are given in life are vast and beyond comprehension."

-- Kay Redfield Jamison

#Given Quotes #Complexity Quotes #Comprehension Quotes

“A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity seeks the silence of rejoice in life.”
“Rating systems work perfectly for players who play only in round robin closed events. I think most of them are overrated. Organizers invite same people over and over because they have the same rating and their rating stays high.”
“The gatherd storme is rype; the bigge drops falle;The forswat meadowes smethe, and drenche the raine;The comyng ghastness do the cattle pall,And the full flockes are drivynge ore the plaine;Dashde from the cloudes the waters flott againe;The welkin opes; the yellow levynne flies;And the hot fierie smothe in the wide lowings dies.”

Source : Thomas Chatterton (1842). “Poetical Works: With Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of His Letters and Notes Critical and Explanatory”, p.141
“I'm a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I'll never stop.”
“Blow your brains out and do it right, make sure it's on prime time and on Saturday night.”
“Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.”
“Love ... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery.”

Source : Anne Truitt (2013). “Daybook, Turn, Prospect: The Journey of an Artist”, p.41, Simon and Schuster
“My lands are where my dead lie buried.”

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