"The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else."

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Source : John Updike, James Plath (1994). “Conversations with John Updike”, p.45, Univ. Press of Mississippi

John Updike

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“Human science is an uncertain guess.”
“I write characters focusing on them as human beings, and then you wrap them within a culture. So I think I can connect with him as a person with brown skin who's viewed differently by the world. In terms of his culture, we're thinking about where we are locating Wakanda within the continent, and what the people and history of that region are like. It's a process of investigation to help inform the story at this point. But we are going to be engaged with consultants who are experts on the continent and on African history and politics.”

Source : "Oscars So White? Black Panther to the Rescue". Interview with Brandon E. Patterson, www.motherjones.com. February 6, 2016.
“As far as spiritual influences in Christian music, I would say Crystal Lewis - a lot of her songs especially. The ministry she has through her songs has really hit me.”
“But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?”

Source : Charles Portis (2010). “True Grit: A Novel”, p.84, The Overlook Press
“You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff”
“It's no surprise that if you look at the development of the economy, of consumerism, of all these things that have gotten out of hand over the last hundred years, it happened when men were purposeless, when they didn't actually have a legitimate reason to be moving the species forward because the machines were doing all the hard work.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“If it had gone in, it would have been a goal.”
“We ask for forgiveness. And we forgive others who ask us. In that way we can experience healing, healing in our souls.”

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