Art, a book, a painting, a song, can definitely inspire change, whether it's a small change or a big change but you… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
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My goal for the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign is to create systemic change across all school systems. I want there to be diverse books… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
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Writing a book is something I actually feel like I could do. I don't know when that would happen, but I feel… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
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I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where… — Sia Copy Share Image
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'Generation Food' is a collaboration between myself and author/activist Raj Patel that will tell stories about efforts around the world to try… — Steve James Copy Share Image
The importance of the romantic element does not rest upon conjecture. Pleasing testimonies abound. Hannah More traced her earliest impressions of virtue… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
“And as the story unfolded before the Ervin committee, it began to take on the characteristics of a Russian novel. Someone we… — Elizabeth Drew Copy Share Image
In junior high I read a lot of Stephen King, whose Americana approach to writing was often about "the terror next door"… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Pessimism is easy. We all can do it. We don't need to read books on how to be pessimists. We don't need… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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