"The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts."

-- Arthur Erickson

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“One thing evangelicals want is a reprieve from intolerance against their beliefs, values, and practices.”
“So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.”
“Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.”
“I was born with music inside me”
“It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.”

Source : Henry Watson Fowler (1994). “A Dictionary of Modern English Usage”, p.333, Wordsworth Editions
“My great strength as an editor, I believe, is structure: I know how to reorder a piece, I know how to reach into a jumbled story and extract the important narrative. And I can do both of these things very fast. I also think I've become better at cutting text. You don't always relish it, of course, but by now I know how to distill something without sacrificing its essence.”

Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.
“EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin wonâ€™t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg wonâ€™t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you arenâ€™t learning from them.”

Source : Peter Thiel, Blake Masters (2014). “Books Summary: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future”, p.2, Best Books on
“The compass of compassion asks not what is good for me? but what is good? Not what is best for me but what is best. Not what is right for me but what is right. Not how much can we take? but How much ought we leave? and how much might we give? Not what is easy but what is worthy. Not what is practical but what is moral.”

Source : Carl Safina (2011). “The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World”, p.407, Henry Holt and Company

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