{"id":9725,"date":"2025-02-06T13:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=9725"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:59:43","slug":"getting-quoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/getting-quoted\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting quoted\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s always a strange experience being quoted, not that it&#8217;s kept me from writing in books, blogs &amp; comics. I&#8217;m aware that I like to talk and I have a particular fascination with language &#8211; it&#8217;s always inspired me towards an elaborate vocabulary. I have fun with words even if I have difficulty pronouncing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s the classic <em>New Yorican<\/em> upbringing the loud Spanglish, clatter of cooking and MUSIC. Or maybe it was during those Rave party promoting days when I developed the knack for listening and being heard among the clamor. But I can\u2019t think of an instance when I\u2019ve been so specifically quoted for something I said <em>off the cuff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Optimism is an act of will\u2026\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wJCRiByRq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A longer version of clip was posted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kids-comics-unite.mn.co\/posts\/optimism-is-an-act-of-will?utm_source=manual\">Kids Comics Unite Community<\/a>. 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