"Tis e'er the lot of the innocent in the world, to fly to the wolf for succor from the lion."

-- John Barth

#World Quotes #Lions Quotes #Innocence Quotes

“"Facilitate my thinking" means thinking about who I am as a human being in relation to the world around me. It's how I position myself, how I navigate through this world. That to me is thinking. It is also exhausting to constantly be making art that in some ways responds to the conditions of the world around you. I gave myself permission to turn all of that off, and to lose myself in work.”
“Attachment is the strongest block to realization.”
“The way they dress here (California), your head is always in the stands. All those bikinis, your eyes get tired.”
“She [Theresa May] is the right choice to lead Britain in a challenging period and will make a truly outstanding prime minister.”
“Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel.”
“I think I'm more European in personality.”
“I'm trying to make people more alert that mere acceptance isn't a good enough indicator that something is ethical. You actually need to stop and think. Acceptance on the basis of ignorance or deceit is not the same thing as the acceptance on the basis of ongoing vigorous democratic debate.”
“Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds.”

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