"Imagination is intervention, an act of defiance. It alters belief."

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Source : David Mura (2010). “Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity”, p.28, Anchor

David Mura

#Imagination Quotes #Belief Quotes #Defiance Quotes

“In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.”
“God, let me remember all good losers.”
“I teach a lecture course on American poetry to as many as 150 students. For a lot of them, its their only elective, so this is their one shot. Theyll take the Russian Novel or American Poetry, so I want to give them the high points, the inescapable poets.”
“I'll tell you one thing, though. It's a terrible thing to be a disappointment to a good woman.”
“When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason.”
“Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights - merely equal rights. The irony is that special rights actually do exist in this country-for religious groups.”
“If a teacher misses a target, they change the teacher, If a minister misses a target, they change the target”
“If one drops dead in the street, friends and loved ones are shocked, stricken, but a long lingering death loses all nobility and drama, while relatives and friends await the inevitable end in a succession of weary anti-climaxes.”

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