"I still try to keep my eyes open. I'm always on the lookout for antlion traps in sandy soil, monarch pupae near milkweed, skipper larvae in locust leaves. These things are utterly common, and I've not seen one"

-- Annie Dillard

#Eye Quotes #Trying Quotes #Soil Quotes

“I never took a lesson until I was 20, and I'm glad I had those years living the life of a normal person. I don't consider that time wasted.”
“I believe that writing is an account of the powers of extrication.”
“I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now.”

Source : "Transcript: Lawrence Eagleburger on FNS". Interview With Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2002.
“I am but God's finger, John. If he would condemn Elizabeth, she will be condemned.”
“There is no excuse for anyone not to train three times a week...Anyone can change their mind if they want to. It's all about motivation”
“I think, as a writer, I'm in my own head.”
“Words sing. They hurt. They teach. They sanctify. They were man's first, immeasurable feat of magic. They liberated us from ignorance and our barbarous past.”
“I try to teach a modernist and postmodernist position. On one hand, if you're a painter, you need to know the history of painting. But I'm also interested in the moment we live in. I love television, and movies, and books, and music. So I also think of art as this cultural production along with all this other stuff that's happening. So that's a kind of postmodern, not media-specific, but the times, what is your art relevant to this moment we live in versus media specificity? That's my teaching philosophy, both of those things are important.”

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