"If you want to do things, do things."

-- Grace Paley

“I think N.Y.C. definitely had something to do with my figuring out my life path.”
“It's basically a home-rule issue. I think the governing authority that appoints people as assessors certainly has reasons for doing it. ... And it certainly ought to be the board of assessors' right to say who is best qualified to serve as an appraiser.”
“I felt instantly at home, and wanted only to dismiss Alistair, along with the rest of Justice Hall, that I might have a closer look at the shelves.I had to content myself instead with a strolling perusal, my hands locked behind my back to keep them from reaching out for Le Morte D'Arthur, Caxton 1485 or the delicious little red-and-gilt Bestiary, MS Circa 1250 or.... If I took one down, I should be lost. So I looked, like a hungry child in a sweet shop, and trailed out on my guide's heels with one longing backward glance.”
“I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there's a team out there looking for that.”
“You can't be a sexy person unless you have something sexy to offer. With me, it's my voice: the way that I sing, the way I express myself when I sing.”
“Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease.”

Source : Florence Scovel Shinn (2016). “The Complete Collection (with the book "The Power of the Spoken Word")”, p.76, Florence Scovel Shinn
“Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?”

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