"And what is more generous than a window?"

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Source : Pat Schneider (2013). “How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice”, p.233, Oxford University Press

Pat Schneider

#Window Quotes #Generous Quotes

“He [Taika Watiti] worked on this screenplay for a couple of years and just getting it right and the result is there. He's made really close to a perfect film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople]... Perfect as you can be.”
“People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you upon that which they have of your friends; and there is a Spanish proverb which says vry justly, 'Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are.'”
“The Fact That You Have The Ability To Stand On Stage And Sing While Youâ€™re Crying Is So Brave.”
“I've had a lot of people who've said they can relate to the show and it's helped them through a lot of difficult times, especially the kids in high school now. Everyone kind of feels like an outcast in high school. Even if you're super popular, you still have issues.”
“I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work.”
“Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely . . . . Live much in the smiles of God. Bask in his beams. Feel his all-seeing eye settled on you in love. And repose in his almighty arms.”
“If experience has taught me anything, its not to put ANYTHING past people in government.”
“It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.”

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