"When anger and sorrow overflow, sometimes it becomes poetry."

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Kim Hyesoon

#Sorrow Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Overflow Quotes

“The whole business of smoking is like forcing yourself to wear tight shoes just to get the pleasure of taking them off.”
“Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.”
“Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.”
“You got rid of them. Yes, thatâ€™s just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. Whether â€˜tis better in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end themâ€¦ But you donâ€™t do either. Neither suffer nor oppose. You just abolish the slings and arrows. Itâ€™s too easy.”
“Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going, 'Ha-ha.'”

Source : "Chris Lilley on Angry Boys, the Blackface Taboo, and Laughing at His Own Jokes". Interview with Jean Bentley, www.vulture.com. December 28, 2011.
“In the interweave of mind and body, dance is a mode that allows people to work through difficulties, anticipate the future, recollect the past, and confront the present.”

Source : Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.217, Rowman Altamira
“I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.”
“I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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