"I think when a man first discovers that two and two is four, there is 'beauty' in that; and we can see why. But if people stand and look at the moon and one says 'I think it's just beautiful tonight' and the other says 'The moon makes me feel awful' we are both 'clear'. A geometric shape - we know why we like it; and an unreasonable shape; it has a certain mystery that we recognize as real; but it is difficult to put these things in an objective way."

-- William Baziotes

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“If you're not doing it for Allah, then don't expect any help from Allah.”
“I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.”

Source : The George Washington University Interview, nsarchive2.gwu.edu. January 18, 1997.
“A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see”
“There's nothing really difficult if you only begin - some people contemplate a task until it looms so big, it seems impossible, but I just begin and it gets done somehow. There would be no coral islands if the first bug sat down and began to wonder how the job was to be done.”

Source : John Shaw Billings (1965). “Selected papers”
“I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.”
“Those who take refuge behind theological barbed wire fences, quite often wish they could have more freedom of thought, but fear the change to the great ocean of truth as they would a cold bath.”
“Suicide is a whispered word, inappropriate for polite company. Family and friends often pretend they do not hear the word's dread sound even when it is uttered. For suicide is a taboo subject that stigmatizes not only the victim but the survivors as well.”

Source : Earl A. Grollman (1988). “Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention”, p.1, Beacon Press
“I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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