"I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has toâ€¦expose as much as possible what he sees so that some people think about things that they donâ€™t normally think aboutâ€¦ [Art] should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further."

-- Keith Haring

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“Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.”

Source : Lester R. Brown (2008). “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company
“Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer â€” that it was better to leave well enough alone, to avoid unnecessary encounters with people youâ€™d left behind, to not keep poking at that sore tooth with the tip of your tongue. Not because you didnâ€™t love them anymore, but because you did, and because that love was useless now, just another dull ache in your phantom limb.”
“So it is useless to evade reality, because it only makes it more virulent in the end. But instead, look steadfastly into the slit, pin-pointed, malignant eyes of reality: as an old-hand trainer dominates his wild beasts. Take it by the scruff of the neck, and shake the evil intent out of it; till it rattles out harmlessly, like gall bladder stones, fossilized on the floor.”
“Im not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.”
“In the end, this is a difficult story to sum up. The making of the atomic bomb is one of history's most amazing examples of teamwork and genius and poise under pressure. But it's also the story of how humans created a weapon capable of wiping our species off the planet. It's a story with no end in sight. And, like it or not, you're in it.”
“Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it, if we lose our curiosity, we have lost something of infinite value, because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life.”
“If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”
“Thoughtful financial planning can easily take a backseat to daily life.”

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