"Direct your eye inward, and you'll find / A thousand regions in your mind / Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be / Expert in home-cosmography"

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Eye Quotes #Home Quotes #Mind Quotes

“She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.”
“the 'total overpaintings' developed... through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely.”

Source : Arnulf Rainer, Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Haags Gemeentemuseum (1989). “Arnulf Rainer: an exhibition”, Not Avail
“The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.”
“All people share the same desire to be treated equally. We all go through similar emotional journeys from love to hate, rejection to acceptance. I think the most important thing for dance right now is to allow for more empathy and understanding between people of different races and socioeconomic statuses. In our society we need to build bridges.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“No matter how accomplished we may be, just any little white person can come up and say, 'Well, you wouldn't be here, if it weren't for Affirmative Action.' You put power in white people's hands, and then they use it against you. It's a trick bag.”

Source : "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.
“We need a barn or one of those storage areas for the Broken vehicles." "A garage?" He gave her a short nod. "A private, relatively remote location, with thick walls to dampen the sound and preferably a sturdy door I could bolt from the inside, keeping your grandmother, your brothers, and all other painfully annoying spectators out..." Rose began to laugh. A make-out bunker... "I'm glad you find our dilemma hilarious,”
“I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire at school till my dad made me change it to 'joiner'.”
“Of course there are peace-loving Muslims.”

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