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Allison Heavens
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“If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”
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“You love another person not because of his virtues- that is infatuation- but in spite of his faults," he said to her. "Love has no place for idealization.”
― The Seeker
― The Seeker
“There are no totally generous acts. All "acts" have an element of calculation. One black ox slaughtered on Christmas does not wipe out a year of careful manipulation of gifts given to serve your own ends. After all, to kill an animal and share the meat with people is really no more than Ju/'hoansi do for each other every day and with far less fan fare.”
― The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi
― The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi
“Secrets are like pregnancies hereabouts. You can hide them for a while but then they will start screaming.”
― Harvest
― Harvest
“Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are introducing something far too common for a discussion of art. Why should art have a purpose and a use? Art shouldn't be concerned with purpose and reason and need, they say. These are improper. But from the very beginning, it seems to me, stories have indeed been meant to be enjoyed, to appeal to that part of us which enjoys good form and good shape and good sound.”
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
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