"No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being."

-- Benjamin Constant

#Law Quotes #Freedom Of Speech Quotes #Being Free Quotes

“Let's face it: I'm scared, scared and frozen. First, I guess I'm afraid for myself... the old primitive urge for survival. It's getting so I live every moment with terrible intensity. It all flowed over me with a screaming ache of pain... remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted. When you feel that this may be good-bye, the last time, it hits you harder.”
“There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.”

Source : "True Frances Farmer story remains elusive" by Rita Rose in The Indianapolis Star, January 23, 1983.
“I always feel attacked when I'm asked about my painting.”
“Time has three dimensions and one positive pitch or direction. It is therefore not so much like any river or any sea as like the Sea of Galilee, which has the Jordan running through it and giving a current to the whole.”
“I always feel a bit vulnerable when I begin a new project, especially when I am playing a character with either a troubled past or unique personality.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.”
“Effective teamwork will not take the place of knowing how to do the job or how to manage the work. Poor teamwork, however, can prevent effective final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member of a team and the organization.”
“The Constitution is more than literature, but as literature, it is primarily a work of the imagination. It imagined a country: fantastic. More fantastic still, it imagined a country full of people imagining themselves.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House

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