"Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?"

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Source : William Empson (2000). “The complete poems”, Lane, Allen

William Empson

#Boys Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot.”

Source : "Detective Story". Book by Imre Kertész, 2008.
“Your believe is what makes you, coz you are the product of your thought... what you believe is what you become, no doubt.”
“Enjoying life isn't about finding the answers, but living the questions.”
“Fear in the biblical sense... includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, or needing people.”
“You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.”
“I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I'm bored with DJs. Anybody that puts the title DJ in front of their name immediately turns me off. I prefer the term "sampling," because it has both the dilettante side, like someone tasting wine or caviar, but also functions as a kind of litmus paper dipped into culture. And the whole semi-legality of sampling is very interesting as well. So a DJ is not really creative enough for me to be an appropriate metaphor.”
“I like to make sure that I'm believable. If I don't believe me, then there's a lot of people that don't believe me, but if I can believe that I'm doing it, then I know the audience will, too.”

Source : "Mekhi Phifer on Divergent, playing poker with Jeff Garlin, and dying on ER". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. August 25, 2014.

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