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«The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.»
Author: John Updike
| About:
Adventure,
Art
| Keywords:
adventurer, adventurers, behalf, distinguishes, entertainers, obsessions, refusal, willingness
«Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.»
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
(Essayist, Novelist)
| About:
Loneliness,
Writing
| Keywords:
cut off, obsessions, Rest of the world, submerged, totally, write off
«Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.»
«The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction, are no different. They have nearly destroyed us in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. They torment the lives of millions in fractured nations around the world. These obsessions cripple both those who are hated and, of course, those who hate, robbing both of what they might become.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
| About:
Discrimination,
Prejudice
| Keywords:
cloaked, cripple, crippled, curse, divide, immigrant, immigrants, No Wave, obsessions, prejudices, pretence, targets, wave
«Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.»
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