"Life affirming doesn't mean good things happen."

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Source : "Love & Sincerity: A Conversation with James Gray". Interview with Adam Cook, mubi.com. October 05, 2013.

James Gray

#Mean Quotes #Good Things Quotes #Life Affirming Quotes

“I adore the incredibly tight clothing! My own wardobe's changed - I've streamlined a little bit and definitely learnt from Joan's sleekiness and tailoring.”

Source : "Christina Hendricks In British GQ: In Lingerie, Adores Tight Clothing", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2010.
“My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out of nothing. The consequence is, that every part of me will serve to make something in the world; and this again will change into another part through an infinite succession of change. This constant method of alteration gave me my being, and my father before me, and so on to eternity backward: for I think I may speak thus, even though the world be confined within certain determinate periods.”
“The proponents of Steinitz' theory - Tarrasch and his supporters - tried to express Steinitz' teaching in the form of laconic rules, and as often happens in such cases, they went too far. The laconic tended to become dogmatic, and chess began to lose its freshness, originality and charm.”
“I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.”
“It is normal for me to wake and find myself writing in the dark... or to be out of my tomb, caught in an unearthly world, alive with the images that haunt me.”
“The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak.”
“The eternal not ourselves that makes for righteousness.”
“I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies.”

Source : Oliver James (2007). “Affluenza: How to be Successful and Stay Sane”

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