Category: Quotes
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Box of Crayons
Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the creative bug is just a wee voice telling you, ”I’d like my crayons back, please.” -Hugh […]
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Stan Lee (1922 – 2018)
“You know, my motto is ‘Excelsior.’ That’s an old word that means ‘upward and onward to greater glory.’ It’s on the seal of the state of New York. Keep moving forward, and if it’s time to go, it’s time. Nothing lasts forever.” – Stan Lee
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David Cassidy [April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017]
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“When you go through hell, your own personal hell, and you have lost – loss of fame, loss of money, loss of career, loss of family, loss of love, loss of your own identity that I experienced in my own life – and you’ve been able to face the demons that have haunted you… I […]
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Happiness or Misery
“All human happiness or misery takes forms of action…character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions, what we do, that we are happy or miserable.” – Aristotle
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Expressing of Thought
“But we do not merely protest; we make renewed demand for freedom in that vast kingdom of the human spirit where freedom has ever had the right to dwell:the expressing of thought to unstuffed ears; the dreaming of dreams by untwisted souls.” ― W.E.B. Du Bois
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Muhammad Ali [1942 – 2016]
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“I know where I’m going and I know the truth. I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.” – Muhammad Ali
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Afeni Shakur [1947 – 2016]
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I guarantee that the seed you plant in love, not matter how small, will grow into a mighty tree of refuge. We all want a future for ourselves and we must now care enough to create, nurture and secure a future for our children.” – Afeni Shakur
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Prince (1958 – 2016)
“When I’m writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I’m not in charge and I’m almost listening outside of it. That’s when I realize that we all have to start looking at life as a gift. It’s like listening to a color and believing that these colors have soul mates and once you get […]
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Clemenceau McAdoo Givings [1919 – 1944]
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Clemenceau McAdoo Givings is the son of Noel Givings and nephew of my great-grandfather Francis Givings. Known by many as Clem, he was born in Richmond, Virginia in the year 1919. He served as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) as part of the Tuskegee Airmen program during World War II from […]
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Every Moment is A Story
“Some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.” ― Charles Bukowski (War All the Time) These moments reek of untold stories. Obscure trinkets in time both shiny and dull. Lessons slipping beyond our reach. Rare opportunities to reflect and remember. —————– Working on new content for my YouTube channel…be sure to subscribe. Write […]
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David Bowie (1947 – 2016)
“The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.” – David Bowie
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Scrutiny
“Be careful who you tell your secrets to because when situations change… sometimes, so do people.” ― Gwen Ro
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Live in the Present
“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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Put It Behind You
“But there’s a beginning in an end, you know? It’s true that you can’t reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.” ― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds
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New Book
“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!” ― […]
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Box of Crayons
“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please.” – […]
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