"With a few exceptions, Fellini's films have failure and despair running through them: Life continues, but I can't imagine 'Felliniesque' as an exclusively uplifting adjective. Fellini's best films are the ones that distill this essence -- the paradoxical quality of melancholic ecstasy, a surreal, bittersweet vitality -- to perfection."

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Source : The Los Angeles Times, April 2003.

Damian Pettigrew

#Uplifting Quotes #Running Quotes #Essence Quotes

“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.”
“The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.”
“Telling a butler how to make good tea; Warm the pot first, please, then put two heaping teaspoonfuls in the pot no bags in boiling water, and when it's in, stir it. And when it comes here, I will stir it again.”
“Photographing plants makes you look carefully and become aware of the many solutions plants provide to human problems”
“To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.”

Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2007). “Spoon River Anthology: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.74, Prestwick House Inc
“We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.”
“I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.”
“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.”

Source : Jane Addams (2016). “Democracy and Social Ethics”, p.128, Youcanprint

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