quotes about Thematic

“I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.”

“When you're paid $29 for something and 30 or 40 years later you're seeing it on eBay with pages going for $199 or more, it's like, "Dammit!"”

“People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 23, 2013

“But you can't start over Only a boy can start over You and me Why, we're all that's been”

“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy”

“I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.”

Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

“I've been very influenced by Inuit art especially some drawings and watercolors I've seen.”

“I hereby certify that the bearer of this note, Nikolai Ivanovich, spent the night in question at Satan's ball, having been lured there in a transportational capacity... Hella, put in parentheses! And write 'hog.' Signed- Behemoth.”

“Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm creating so fully as to see hours go by without my noticing it. I think that kind of suspension of time and that mindfulness is a real gift.”

“The creatives are rarely professional and the professionals are rarely creative.”