"If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth."

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Source : William Maxwell (2013). “All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories”, p.404, Vintage

William Maxwell

#Dog Quotes #Hunting Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Always have faith in God, Yourself and the Cowboys.”
“The comics I've talked to have varied styles as stand-ups, but the throughline is that it's the most intense thing they've ever done.”

Source : "Chris Rock: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. February 18, 2011.
“But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.”

Source : Alan Paton (2011). “Too Late The Phalarope”, p.276, Simon and Schuster
“The most important decision you'll ever make is how to spend the present moment !”
“The fundamental way of getting public approval is to deserve it.”
“It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it.”

Source : "Week One Rewind / A capsule look at Sunday's games Bledsoe's reunion with Parcells a happy one 49ers, Dolphins post upsets over playoff teams". Article by Milt Northrop, buffalonews.com. September 12, 2005.
“While we can generalize when describing a given medium as hot or cool, all media can be said to possess both hot and cool aspects to varying degrees, and part of what I try to do with comics is figure out when and how the temperature needs raising or lowering.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values.”

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