"It is not morbidity which draws crowds to scenes of disaster or unusual joy. It is the desire to participate in a moment when life breaks through to some higher level of intensity so that one's own life might take fire from that sudden spurted flame."

-- Maya Deren

#Flames Quotes #Fire Quotes #Joy Quotes

“You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn't you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about?”
“The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation.”

Source : Freeman Tilden (2009). “Interpreting Our Heritage”, p.59, Univ of North Carolina Press
“Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. Screw only when you're horny.”

Source : Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet
“I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.”
“Don't shrink from natures brutal perfection. Take joy in it. Embrace it. Understand it and revel in it. Respect it's strength, it's wisdom, it's brutality and it's all-encompassing power. The highest law has always been, and shall be, nature; and the greatest wisdom forever lives in and through nature's eternal Fascism.”
“Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it.”
“What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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