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“You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it.”

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Ninette de Valois was a British ballet choreographer who founded the Royal Ballet, making a profound impact on the development of modern ballet. Her works were characterized by their unique style, emphasizing narrative and expressive qualities. more

“Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't. When it is done honestly, by a skillful writer, fantasy takes us far enough beyond our daily perceptions to open us to the essential realities beneath it. This is the true goal of all art.”

Writing Art Done Enough Reality Easy Goal Fantasy Fashion Essentials Perception Currents Honestly Cant Escapism Skillful

Author:Ellen Kushner

“Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!”

Fine Invention Ingenious Fingertips Leonardo

Author:Ellen Kushner

“I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.”

Men White Please Authority Chiefs Indian White Man

Author:Chief Joseph

“The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.”

Want Giving Should Earth Mother Disturbed Hoe

Author:Chief Joseph

“My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.”

Children Stage Stupid Blame Mum

Author:Paloma Faith

“I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all sprung from a woman, although we are unlike in many things. We can not be made over again. You are as you were made, and as you were made you can remain. We are just as we were made by the Great Spirit, and you can not change us ; then why should children of one mother and one father quarrel ? — why should one try to cheat the other ? I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.”

Men Should Trying Believe Kind Children Has Beens Made Today Spirit Mother Father Ready Chiefs Great Men Cheat Wiser Can Not Council Quarrels Great Spirit Sprung

Author:Chief Joseph

“To understand my feelings — and my conception of the role of Secretary General — the nature of my religious and cultural background must first be understood. I should therefore like to outline not only my beliefs but also my conception of human institutions and of the human situation itself.”

Should Firsts Humans Feelings Belief Religious Situation Roles Understood Institutions Backgrounds Conception Secretary Outlines

Book:View from the UN

Source: View from the UN

“As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also to cherish moral and spiritual qualities such as modesty, humility, compassion, and, most important, to attain a certain degree of emotional equilibrium.”

Important Spiritual Spirit Certain Quality Compassion Moral Humility Emotional Degrees Tolerance Buddhist Cherish Modesty Intolerance Equilibrium

Book:View from the UN

Source: View from the UN

“The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?”

Ifs World Needs Has Beens Asks Wonder Safe Diversity Concepts Peaceful Alternatives Coexistence Peaceful Coexistence

Author:U Thant

“America is conservative in fundamental principles... but the principles conserved are liberal and some, indeed, are radical.”

America Principles Fundamentals Conservative Radical Fundamental Principles

Book:Black and African-American Studies: American Dilemma, the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

Source: Black and African-American Studies: American Dilemma, the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

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