"Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper."

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"Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper."

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"Crawl in faith, and you will end up walking. Walk in faith, and you will end up jogging. Jog in faith, and you will end up running. Run in faith, and you will end up sprinting. Sprint in faith, and you will end up soaring."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"It might be like you are still far from getting there, but remember, you are closer to it than you were yesterday. Every tiny step you take counts a lot!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"The messages emphasizing miracles and breakthrough must be replaced if our nation must move forward."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Fundamentalism of any kind, be it religious, atheistic, political or educational, is the greatest threat to human excellence " it is a threat to progress " it is a threat to greatness."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Consistency is good, but progress is better."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Remember, for a society to truly progress we don't need woman or man, we need a fully-fledged human - nothing short of that would do."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"Progress begins when you liberate your mind from the shackles of your ingrained tendencies of authoritarianism " the tendencies of greed " the tendencies of hatred, rage and lust."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"The absence of knowledge of the truths about money leads to poverty and financial slavery."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience."

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"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."

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"No act is so private it does not seek applause."

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"Women, fire in their crotch, won't burn out, begin by fighting off pricks, end by going wild hunting for one that still works."

Rebellion

"The fullness ends when we give Nature her ransom, when we make children for her. Then she is through with us, and we become, first inside, and then outside, junk. Flower stalks."

Mortality

"The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all."

Art

"One does not go to Moscow to get fat."

Discipline

"Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art."

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"To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit."

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"One of the cool chaste countries - Canada or Sweden."

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