"To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire."

-- Carolyn Wells

#Apology Quotes #Pride Quotes #Fire Quotes

“It's not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them”
“Art â€“ the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised”
“This sense of perfection has a built-in contradiction, one that Ram Dass once captured very succinctly by a statement he had heard from his Himalayan guru: "The world is absolutely perfect, including your own dissatisfaction with it, and everything you are trying to do to change it.”

Source : Stanislav Grof, Hal Zina Bennett (1992). “The holotropic mind: the three levels of human consciousness and how they shape our lives”, Harpercollins
“Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.”
“It's hard for new directors to find good tracks because we don't usually get to choose good music by good artists. I honestly think music videos will slowly die out. There will always be a few directors who do cool things. But look how many great videos there were in the '90s, and then look at the 2000s. It's depressing.”
“I was never much of a kid person. I mean, I thought they were cute to look at, but I didn't want them in my house.”
“Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.”

Source : Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.82, Vintage
“Having a gun in your hand is very empowering.”

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