"To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in the arts. Shakespeare is the chief modern example of this supreme faculty of mankind."

-- George Edward Woodberry

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“Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“We live in a strange bubble.”
“I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.”

Source : "Fugazi". Interview with Chip Chanko, pitchfork.com. January 1, 2002.
“If people are not safe, they will not make themselves vulnerable. If they feel too comfortable, they can become complacent or lose their curiosity. They can become intellectually lazy about what matters most.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“The only constant in the soul of man is inconstancy; anything and everything else can pass out of fashion-even something as utilitarian as a hill stuffed full of corpses.”
“As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.”
“Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.”
“Much of the stress you experience may be created by recognizing a problem and doing nothing about it.”

Source : Wess Roberts (1992). “Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich: Lessons in Personal Achievement”, Harper Perennial

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