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Quote by Denise Levertov

“Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.”

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Denise Levertov was an American poet known for her profound personal expression and commitment to social justice. Her poetry blended personal emotion with deep insight into the world, characterized by its unique style and emotional richness. more

“Not only does silence give us a chance to understand ourselves better, to get a truer and more balanced perspective on our own lives in relation to the lives of others: silence makes us whole if we let it. Silence helps draw together the scattered and dissipated energies of a fragmented existence.”

Ifs Giving Doe Whole Helping Together Energy Chance Existence Silence Perspective Draws Relation Balanced Lives Of Others Fragmented Give Us A Chance

Book:Love and Living

Source: Love and Living

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”

People Life Writing Heart Ideas Wisdom Brain Communication Intelligence Slides Writing From The Heart

Author:Maya Angelou

“The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.”

Matter Facts Remember Singers Dust Rooted Bowls Songwriters Singer Songwriters Great Depression

Author:Steve Earle

“So, twice a week, I go to a beauty salon and have my hair blown dry. It’s cheaper by far than psychoanalysis, and much more uplifting.”

Week Hair Uplifting Dry Psychoanalysis Cheaper Salons Beauty Salon

Author:Nora Ephron

“If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is”

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Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“When you get an idea, it's not going to be a great idea until you push it. You’ve got to push it until it’s uncomfortable. And then you’ve got to ask yourself, ‘Does my project say to my audience what I want it to say?’ ””

Want Doe Ideas Asks Audience Projects Uncomfortable Great Idea

Author:Neko Case

“The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to make a difference, the first thing you do should be to lay tracks to accomplish your goals, not to hear how others have reacted/ responded/ insisted to what happened yesterday.”

Ifs Should Firsts Artist Goal Differences Leader Happened Computer Lays Track Seeking Accomplish Yesterday Making A Difference Accomplish Your Goals

Author:Seth Godin

“If anyone can refute me-show me I'm making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective-I'l l gladly change. It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.”

Ifs Self Shows Mistake Ignorance Perspective Harm Making Mistakes Deceit Persist Show Me

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“I am the bridge between the East and the West. I don't want to abandon one for the other.”

Want West East Bridges Abandon

Author:M.I.A.

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