"The alcoholic trance is not just a haze, as though the eyes were also unshaven. It is not a mere buzzing in the ears, a dizzinessor disturbance of balance. One arrives in the garden again, at nursery time, when the gentle animals are fed and in all the world there are only toys."

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Source : William H. Gass (1978). “The world within the word: essays”, Alfred A. Knopf

William H. Gass

#Drinking Quotes #Eye Quotes #Animal Quotes

“Both to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.”
“What we need to do now is recognize that it is the sum total of human ingenuity that is responsible for the epidemics of chronic disease. Throughout most of human history, calories were scarce and hard to get, and physical activity unavoidable. Calories are now abundant, and physical activity is hard to get. We took an unstable, uncertain food supply and fixed it. What now passes as exercise and requires specialized footwear used to be called "survival." You had to do it. Now you never have to do it. We solved it too well. Now we don't need our muscles for anything.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms.”
“I will not resign because my resignation will not resolve anything.”
“Oppression is allowed to survive because people don't like to talk about it or about acts like what happened. We're hoping to counter some of that with the help of this banner.”
“I'm still learning to be the best actor I can be, and I have a long way to go to get to the level I would like to be at. My focus is still 100% acting acting acting. Once I hit a point where I feel very comfortable as an actor - because you can never stop learning, I don't care how comfortable you get, you can never stop learning - but once I hit a point where I can get that comfort level of taking on the task of directing and having the confidence in myself to have people's respect when I give them direction, that's definitely something I want to do someday.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“Embrace your dreams and advance as far as they can take you.”
“It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.”

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