"There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails."

-- Adora Svitak

#Children Quotes #Helping Others Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The worldâ€™s biggest problem is the unequal distribution of capitalism. If there were capitalism everywhere, you wouldnâ€™t have food shortages.”
“I was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth.”
“If it ain't about what's real, what's happenin' right now, it ain't the blues.”
“Got to die of something," Giraldi observed. "Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is.”
“A problem is solved not by confronting it directly, but by going to a level where no problem exists.”
“My greatest weapon is mute prayer.”
“Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and features which nature distributes among many individuals. From this combination, ingeniously composed, results that happy imitation by virtue of which the artist earns the title of inventor and not of servile copyist.”
“But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.”

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