"We live at the level of our language. Whatever we can articulate we can imagine or understand or explore."

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Source : Ellen Gilchrist (2013). “Falling Through Space”, p.26, Open Road Media

Ellen Gilchrist

#Levels Quotes #Language Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“My idea was that the role of the special forces were to train Vietnamese to behave as guerrillas, harassing the supply lines down through the mountains of the, ah, the Viet Cong. And the special American special forces were to train their special forces to do that.”
“Socialism is a dead horse.”

Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “The Complete Works of Thorstein Veblen: Economics Books, Business Essays & Political Articles: The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning In America, The Use of Loan Credit in Business…”, p.2442, e-artnow
“I have been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart - by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they've never met and will never see again.”
“In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work”
“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”
“There are a lot of actors who wish there was a next play, a next musical. As an actor, I guess that's all I can wish for - the next role, the next opportunity.”
“To young men who are looking for an opportunity and who complain there is no opening for them, permit me to say this: 'Go where the poor and the under-privileged are. They will be glad to hear you. When you have learned to bless them, others will be calling for your services. Don't wait for opportunity to come walking up to you. Go to meet it.'”
“Just as you are unconsciously influenced by outside advertisement, announcement, and appeal, so you can vitally influence your life from within by auto-suggestion. The first thing each morning, and the last thing each night, suggest to yourself specific ideas that you wish to embody in your character and personality. Address such suggestions to yourself, silently or aloud, until they are deeply impressed upon your mind.”

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