I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art takes us and makes us take a journey beyond price, beyond cost, into bearing witness to the world as it is and as it should be. Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.

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Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey. — Urijah Faber

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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. — Lao Tzu

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We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. – Kenji Miyazawa

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The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs. ― Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed

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I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.

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When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go. — Carol Burnett

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If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. ― Dale Carnegie

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The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face. - Kemi Sogunle

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