"When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion."

-- George Eliot

#Wish Quotes #Literature Quotes #Exclusion Quotes

“I still come from a very working-class family. My mother's still a cleaner. And my brother is the gas man. And my other brother runs a cab. I have become a stratified, different, exotic beast, even more so than I was when I was a young gay man. I just sort of built on that. Now that I've made several films, I don't even know how to placate them with money like so many people do with their families.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our mindlessness or our ignorance.”
“Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.153
“Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word.”
“The role of government is to create responsible greed to keep boundaries around what people do.”
“I can't imagine a life without thinking, doing art. I don't feel any need to be a world traveler or an adventurer. I'm very happy doing what I'm doing. I think somehow I know that I should have a larger vision of art, but I can't think of what that would be.”

Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 09, 2013.
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.”
“No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.”

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