"In using the terms play and playfulness, I do not intend to suggest any lack of seriousness; quite the contrary. Anyone who has watched children, or adults, at play will recognize that there is no contradiction between play and seriousness, and that some forms of play induce a measure of grave concentration not so readily called forth by work."

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Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.30, Vintage

Richard Hofstadter

#Children Quotes #Play Quotes #Adults Quotes

“I'm too young at 50. I'm not grown up yet. There's part of everybody like that.”
“I have enjoyed a wonderful run in films, so far, and I may, at some point, come back. But it will be in my own time and in my own style.”
“That everybody can do something, without regard to how old or young they are, rich or poor or middle class they are, how busy or not busy they are and what level skills they have. Everyone can do something. And everybody should do something. ... And if you do it, you'll be happier.”
“I really do love football.”
“After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to alleviate swelling and pain, my body is begging me to stop the pounding.”

Source : "Li Na, China's double grand slam winner, forced to retire with knee injury", www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2014.
“I won't let anyone stand between me and my brother”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us ever wants to see one again. It was a horrifying apparition. And ever since Jimmy Carter, all of us rednecks have had to be very careful to be drunk rednecks lest we turn into some kind of awful creature with big buck teeth and a State Department full of human-rights yahoos.”

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