"I can't think why I was cursed with this inordinate desire to write, if the high gods weren't going to give me some more adquate means of expressing myself than that which my present pedestrian prose affords."

-- Winifred Holtby

#Mean Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I'm not very good at impersonations.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. May 21, 2010.
“It's strange when you're innocent, are you supposed to ask for forgiveness from the judge who's ready to put you away for several years? No, this wasn't even discussed.”

Source : "Pussy Riot punk band remains defiant of Putin's Russia". "60 Minutes" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. March 24, 2013.
“To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.”
“The replacement of negative thought with positive thought brings about a spiritual and physical change that can heal.”
“Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.”
“Theories are like a stairway; by climbing, science widens its horizon more and more, because theories embody and necessarily include proportionately more facts as they advance.”
“Being an artist is celebrating life.”
“And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.”

Source : Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.

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