"Why should we all use our creative power....? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money."

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Source : Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

Brenda Ueland

#Fighting Quotes #Compassion Quotes #People Quotes

“I don't need to worry about that, that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.”
“I have done so many love scenes in the past that I have learned how to pull off a sexy smoulder on the dance floor.”
“Revelation isn't just end time's prophecy, it's God showing off his Son and his glory and honoring us, his treasured bride, with a seat at his table forever!”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.”
“... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!”
“In the past few months I've become religious, I've started to believe in god, creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that I now believe in god and creationism and intelligent design is because of Professor Richard Dawkins. Because when I look at something as complex and intricate and beautiful as Professor Richard Dawkins, I don't think that just could've evolved by chance! Professor Richard Dawkins was put there by god to test us, like fossils. And facts.”

Source : "Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle/ Religion". Comedy, April 2009.
“External silence can be the doorway to inner silence.”
“I've been a little more fortunate, perhaps, than a lot of people have, for the simple reason that I've constantly been moving: so nobody can hit me - you know what I mean? Protesting is not the answer - not along those lines.”

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