"America's great talent, I think, is to generate desires that would never have occurred, natively,... and to make those desires so painfully real that money becomes a fiction, an imaginary means to some concrete end."

-- Karen Russell

#Real Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely makes me laugh.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.”

Source : "A Conversation With Choreographer Twyla Tharp". Interview with David Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. February 26, 2010.
“We even make ourselves up, fusing what we are with what we wish into what we must become. I'm not sure why it must be so, but it is.”
“Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee.”
“To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges.”
“The great thing about having a small family is that there are fewer people to disappoint.”
“My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.”
“The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.”

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