One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.

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And people get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words... As if you had a meaning, as if you were a mere word, as if you were something that could be looked up in a dictionary. You are meaning. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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Walk away from 'friendships' that make you feel small and insecure, and seek out people who inspire you and support you

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I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me.

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It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

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Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences.

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Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.

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People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. — Rogers Hornsby

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The fact is that some people put a lot of hard work into laziness. ― Tamerlan Kuzgov

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I want all people of Latin descent to be able to see themselves on screen. I want to feel that I could open doors for other people. -Jenna Ortega

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