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Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next. ↗

— Maya Lin

#came #ever #guaranteed #might #next

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think. ↗

— Maya Lin

#age #closer #some #teachers #than

Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field. ↗

— Maya Lin

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The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning. ↗

— Maya Lin

#learning #life #mattered #money #only

You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down. ↗

— Maya Lin

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You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art. ↗

— Maya Lin

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You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it. ↗

— Maya Lin

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You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition. ↗

— Maya Lin

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There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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