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“It would be a sign of great simplicity to think that the world was created in six days, or indeed at all in time; [...] Time is a thing posterior to the world. Therefore it would be correctly said that the world was not created in time, but that time had its existence in consequence of the world. For it is the motion of the heaven that has displayed the nature of time.”
Source : "Allegories of the Sacred Laws". Book I, §2. Translated by C. D. Yonge in "The works of Philo Judaeus", Vol. 1, pp. 52 - 53, 1854.
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“There will be this mix of people like me who write for major national newspapers and amateur critics, practitioner critics, whose primary way of distributing what they talk about is through blogs and on the web. The line between professional and amateur criticism will become increasingly blurred. The problem here is that if you want to do this for a living, you have to be able to earn a living doing it.”
Source : Source: bigthink.com
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“Make things better than they have to be.”
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“There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it always has. I've honored myself and the entire family of man by becoming a teacher.”
Source : Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.459, Open Road Media
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“At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.”
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“Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.”
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“Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.”
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“For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.”
