"Art is like an ill-trained Labrador retriever that drags you out into traffic."

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Annie Dillard

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“Conscience is the most sacred of all property; other property depending in part on positive law, the exercise of that, being a natural and unalienable right.”
“Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.”
“I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.”
“Consider surgeons and their work. It's unthinkable to put your hands in the warm blood of another human's gut. Even with rubber gloves on. Who'd want to do that? But surgeons get over it.”
“Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on.”
“When you walk with Jesus, defeat turns into victory.”
“I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.”
“Kill the head, the body will die.”

Source : "Audiotape captures NFL coach urging players to injure opponents". www.foxnews.com. April 5, 2012.

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