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“Objects and their functions no longer had any significance. All I perceived was perception itself, the hell of forms and figures devoid of human emotion and detached from the reality of my unreal environment. I was an instrument in a virtual world that constantly renewed its own meaningless image in a living world that was itself perceived outside of nature. And since the appearance of things was no longer definitive but limitless, this paradisiacal awareness freed me from the reality external to myself. The fire and the rose, as it were, became one.”
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“God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form.”
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“I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.”
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“Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be truly glorious by the time my tenure ends.”
Source : Sharon Shinn (1997). “Archangel”, p.143, Penguin
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“Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world,”
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“I've been starting in new places year after year after year. It's just like when I went to Greece or the Philippines. I love when people think I'm a new artist. It's a chance to start over.”
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“Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?”
Source : Frank Moore Colby (1926). “The pursuit of humor and other essays”
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“I had lots of hurt and lots of pain, lots of woundedness, bruises, broken heartedness in my life. I was abused sexually by my father, abused mentally, emotionally. My mom didn't know what to do about it, and she was being hurt in the process. So she just didn't deal with it. And I can guarantee you, just because you don't deal with something, that doesn't make it go away.”
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“You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to take uncharted roads, face impassable mountains, cross treacherous rivers, be blocked by landslides and earthquakes. That's the way my life has been.”
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“I always get more applause than votes.”
Source : Norman Thomas (1970). “What are the Answers?: Norman Thomas Speaks to Youth”
