"No one in this country has any root anywhere; we don't live in America, we board here, we are like spiders that run over the surface of the water."

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Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1961). “From the Shadow of the Mountain: My Post-meridian Years”, New York : E.P. Dutton

Van Wyck Brooks

#Running Quotes #Country Quotes #Roots Quotes

“My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.”
“Venial sin becomes mortal sin when one approves it as an end. . .”
“Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.”
“Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name.”
“I don't like to start anything, ever, but if they're going to try to intimidate me, I like to just stand there and say, 'Sorry, it ain't gonna happen.' I'm shy but I'm badass. I'm not shy in a timid way, just shy in a way that I'm not comfortable with people.”

Source : "Rosie Napravnik: 'I had a dream of winning the Derby on Shanghai Bobby'". Interview with Daniel Ross, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2013.
“Say planet rock, it's a sure shot.”
“I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.”
“The world has witnessed the rise and fall of monarchy, the rise and fall of dictatorship, the rise and fall of feudalism, the rise and fall of communism, and the rise of democracy; and now we are witnessing the fall of democracy... the theme of the evolution of life continues, sweeping away with it all that does not blossom into perfection.”

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