"I don't consider myself to be a painter. I think of myself as someone who has used the medium of painting in an attempt to extend - give an extra dimension to - the medium of words. It happens very often my writing with a pen is interrupted with my writing with a brush - but I think of both as writing."

-- Kenneth Patchen

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Face towards the perfect image of every organ and the shadows of disease will never touch you.”
“President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home.”

Source : "President Obama and Democrats Won Embracing Demography as Destiny" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.
“We should never allow presentation to become a casualty of method.”
“Itâ€™s bound to be one hell of a steel wheelin, railroadin good timeâ€¦while the western country rolls by and the smoke rises blacker than musical notes pouring out of that stoked-up-and-chuggin iron chariot.”
“What molds us is what maims us.”
“Sports is about balls and about heart and you don't find too many champions in any sport in the world without heart or balls. He might have them, but against Nadal they shrink to a very small size and it's not once, it's every time.”
“I mean, the piano, of course, but I think the piano should be taught in school just like mathematics, just like reading, writing and arithmetic. I'd say reading, writing, arithmetic and rhythm. But that should be a prerequisite, because then the quality of music in the world at least in the United States, would be much better, if everyone knew something about the piano and about music, they would know this is not good. Right now, there is so much music out that's not good, but no one knows the public doesn't know.”

Source : Interview with John Rogers, www.allaboutjazz.com. July 15, 2005.
“Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.”

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