"The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression. To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed as if one is assured of one’s prospects."

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Source : "Play for today" by Pat Kane, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2010.

Brian Sutton-Smith

#Opposites Quotes #Play Quotes #Committed Quotes

“You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with the faith you inherited from your parents or constructed earlier in your life. As you sort through your dogma and doctrine, youâ€™ve found yourself praying less, less thrilled about worship, scripture, or church attendance. Youâ€™ve been so focused on sorting and purging your theological theories that youâ€™ve lost track of the spiritual practices that sustain an actual relationship with God. You may even wonder if such a thing is possible for someone like you.”
“Paper after paper, study after study, have shown that chairs give us back problems because they shorten our hip flexors, give us weak backs, of course it make us sedentary. We take years off our lives probably by sitting in chairs, but we like them because they're comfortable. You go to an African village, you find me a chair with a back. That's a rare thing out there.”
“If dolphins are so intelligent, how come they ain't got Walkmans?”
“India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.”
“I never get enough of the adrenaline rush of hearing good music played live and played loud like this. Hearing these songs again snatches me out of the day-to-day and helps me forget all the things I usually waste my time worrying about. As long as the music's playing I don't have to do anything except listen, relax, and enjoy myself.”

Source : David Moody (2010). “Hater”, p.37, Macmillan
“The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.”
“Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how to be a human being.”
“One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!”

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