"Most of my scars are not fire-related and I no longer say "I know what I am doing" at critical moments."

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Source : Usenet article <dgpfn2$h61$1@reader1.panix.com>, 2005.

James Nicoll

#Fire Quotes #Scar Quotes #Moments Quotes

“The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.”
“Women manage, quite brilliantly, on the whole, and to stunning and unforeseeable effect, to survive and surmount being defined by others. They dismiss the definition, however dangerous or wounding it may be-- or even, sometimes, find a way to utilize it.”
“Aren't memories just dreams we have when we're awake?”
“The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with.”

Source : Joseph Brodsky's commencement address at Williams College (1984), as quoted in Robert Inchausti "Thinking through Thomas Merton: Contemplation for Contemporary Times" (p. 110), 2014.
“People mistake their love of the technology for it being a solution. Social media is the problem, not the solution, in crisis management. It's a problem if you use it to communicate in areas where you're dealing with incredibly intense emotions and very deep conflicts.”
“The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.”
“To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.”
“Men who only live to eat.”

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