There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.
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DALAI LAMA This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our ... DALAI LAMA This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our ow... DALAI LAMA I celebrate myself, I paint and dance and sing myself, and what I assume you will assume, for every ... OKSANA RUS We need a three-bedroom, and if we could find another one of these that we could afford, it would be... ROSE DE KLERK Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. FRANCIS BACON You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale. FRANK MCCOURT I'm comfortable with the unknown -- that's the point of science. There are places out there, billion... BRIAN COX Our sense of well-being depends to some extent on others regarding us as a You; our yearning for con... 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You can throw big bucks at a project and make what... BARBARA KRUGER Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm intere... BARBARA KRUGER I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are cons... BARBARA KRUGER I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different... BARBARA KRUGER Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs ... BARBARA KRUGER Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to sur... BARBARA KRUGER I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, ins... BARBARA KRUGER Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality whic... BARBARA KRUGER Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, a... BARBARA KRUGER I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of mome... BARBARA KRUGER It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves. BARBARA KRUGER I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning new... BARBARA KRUGER I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work. BARBARA KRUGER Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not. BARBARA KRUGER Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated... BARBARA KRUGER I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. BARBARA KRUGER I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation ... BARBARA KRUGER I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle. BARBARA KRUGER We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will ta... BARBARA KOPPLE Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking. BARBARA KOPPLE I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmakin... BARBARA KOPPLE I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - w... BARBARA KOPPLE The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your bra... BARBARA KINGSOLVER The first sentence of a book is a promise. BARBARA KINGSOLVER For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the be... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't ca... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brav... BARBARA KINGSOLVER What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you mi... 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