"What I still ask for daily-for life as long as I have work to do, and work as long as I have life."

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Source : Reynolds Price (1994). “A Whole New Life”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

Reynolds Price

#Life Quotes #Work Quotes #Long Quotes

“I can pick a lock. How do you think I got into my parents' liquor cabinet in middle school?”
“What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it.'”
“In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that - it is not true, because of the level of extreme inequality.”
“Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention.”
“I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work.”
“I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.”
“Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?”
“Olympics for me is love, peace, united.”

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