"Words, for me, don't have as much contextual leeway as sound."

-- Brian Chippendale

“There is no doubt of the essential nobility of that man who pours into life the honest vigor of his toil, over those who compose the feathery foam of fashion that sweeps along Broadway; who consider the insignia of honor to consist in wealth and indolence; and who, ignoring the family history, paint coats of arms to cover up the leather aprons of their grandfathers.”
“People get trapped in the way things should feel and less focused on the way things should function.”
“Poetry, above all is a series of intense moments Â its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.”
“God is everywhere and in everything and without Him we cannot exist.”
“What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.”
“A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on a day when he shouldn't.”

Source : Maurice Good, John Millington Synge (1973). “John Synge comes next”
“There is a â€œyoga bodyâ€ aesthetic, which is long and sinewy. I am curvy. I get praised on a regular basis, with people telling me, â€œWow, you're so brave,â€ simply for showing my curvy body. Being brave is going to war; being curvy is not brave. We need to be careful with how we use our words.”
“Whatâ€™s the opposite of dÃ©jÃ vu, when you see something that hasnâ€™t happened yet?â€ â€œI donâ€™t knowâ€”avant verrais?”

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