"Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be."

-- BrenÃ© Brown

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“The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I got a job I used to miss the curfew for the shelter. So I ended up sleeping outside in the streets.”

Source : "Jay Electronica says 'my dreams are coming true'" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. February 18, 2010.
“In your own life, you should take particular care with endings, for their color will forever tinge your memory of the entire relationship and your willingness to reenter it.”
“For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to music; I'm intending it to not be recited. I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm a poet, and there really isn't a contradiction, at least for me.”

Source : "Breaking into Song: An Interview with Cornelius Eady". Interview with Alexis Orgera, www.anmly.org.
“I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.”
“If you wait for someone else's hand, you will surely fall down.”
“I am inspired by so much. I am inspired by women, of course - beautiful women. I am also inspired by not so beautiful things in the world.”
“I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.”

Source : "Women in Business Q&A: Shari Arison, Owner the Arison Group". Interview with Laura Dunn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2014.
“Zero is powerful because it is infinityâ€™s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and yang. They are equally paradoxical and troubling. The biggest questions in science and religion are about nothingness and eternity, the void and the infinite, zero and infinity. The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy, of science, of mathematics, and of religion. Underneath every revolution lay a zero â€“ and an infinity.”

Source : Charles Seife (2000). “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea”, p.2, Penguin

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