"Count the deed, not the thought."

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Source : Lloyd Alexander (2014). “Taran Wanderer: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.107, Usborne Publishing Ltd

Lloyd Alexander

“I'm writing songs that connect to millions of people. And that happens for a reason. I don't really worry too much about people who aren't into it because that's the beauty of music. It's subjective. If every single person in the world loved our music, then that'd be weird.”
“I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death.”
“I believed it was necessary to investigate photography, dismantle it, jettison all the non-essential components, and begin again with a stripped down but more powerful idea of what is, or could be photographic.”
“Do what you think is right and apologize later.”

Source : "Michael Steele’s Thurgood Marshall Fail" by David Corn And Suzy Khimm, www.motherjones.com. June 29, 2010.
“The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.”
“Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us.”
“I'm not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there.”
“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.348, LSU Press

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