"Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues."

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Source : Dorothy Dunnett (1999). “The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One”, p.194, Penguin UK

Dorothy Dunnett

#Stars Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Looks Quotes

“It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.”
“Creative experimentation propels our culture forward. That our stories of innovation tend to glorify the breakthroughs and edit out all the experimental mistakes doesn't mean that mistakes play a trivial role. As any artist or scientist knows, without some protected, even sacred space for mistakes, innovation would cease.”
“Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said.”
“Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.”
“At a certain point, I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity to move away from my intuition and to accept an ultimate truth. I felt that in order to become a good person, I needed rules - lots of them - or else I would somehow fall apart. I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission.”
“If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.”
“There is no story unless you've written it.”

Source : Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.273, Pan Macmillan
“Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.”

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