"A creative person has to create. It doesn't really matter what you create. If such a dancer wanted to go out and build the cactus gardens where he could, in Mexico, let him do that, but something that is creative has to go on."

-- Katherine Dunham

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“There's nothing you can say that won't make you seem ungrateful or rude.”
“Canada is the worst polluter in the world right now. There's absolutely no sign on a federal level that there's going to be any alleviation of the polluting that's going on. Even the Parti QuÃ©bÃ©cois in QuÃ©bec, which is historically a party that has been leftist and environmental - they are trying to give $450 million subsidies to polluting enterprises in GaspÃ©. These, to me are my problems.”
“I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.”
“Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.”
“"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.”
“I'm not doing it to pander to people. I just always knew what I liked versus what I don't like. I never liked things with too many zippers or spikes and stuff. That weirds me out. I like things that are pretty. And I think it's great to be pretty. I like being feminine. I think it's good to be feminine. We don't need to look like men or dress like men or talk like men to be powerful. We can be powerful in our own way, our own feminine way.”
“Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you're trying to do more than just make money.”

Source : Tony Hsieh (2010). “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”, p.52, Hachette UK
“I had, out of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who couldn't have been supplanted by phonographs.”

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