"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things."

-- Edgar Degas

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“If we simply preach the effects of redemption in the human life instead of the revealed, divine truth regarding Jesus Himself, the result is not new birth in those who listen. The result is {only} a refined religious lifestyle . . . we must make sure that we are living in such harmony with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in others those things which He alone can do.”
“If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit, particularly German taxpayers and savers.”

Source : "'We Couldn't Just Sit Back and Do Nothing'". Interview with Michael Sauga,Anne Seith, www.spiegel.de. October 29, 2012.
“She may have looked normal on the outside, but once you'd seen her handwriting you knew she was deliciously complicated inside.”

Source : "The Marriage Plot". Book by Jeffrey Eugenides, www.theguardian.com. 2011.
“I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.”
“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.”

Source : Audre Lorde (2017). “A Burst of Light: And Other Essays”, p.130, Courier Dover Publications
“Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.”
“I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.”
“Greg Maddux could put a baseball through a life saver if you asked him.”

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