"Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it authentic."

-- Dan Chaon

#Fun Quotes #Trying Quotes #Identity Quotes

“But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.”
“Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.”
“Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.”
“Believe passionately in what you do, and never knowingly compromise your standards and values. Act like a true professional, aiming for true excellence, and the money will follow.”
“The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.”
“On my first trip to India, my guru took me to an ashram in Allahabad. I felt like I was walking into a place I had been before. It felt like it was my spiritual home.”

Source : Interview with Steve Rosenfield, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“So much of teaching is sharing. Learning results in sharing, sharing results in change, change is learning. The only other job with so much sharing is parenting. That's probably why the two are so often confused. You can't test what sort of teacher someone will be, because testing what someone knows isn't the same as what someone is able to share.”
“Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.”

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