"I think that's what Dylan's trying to do: to create a space artistically where something else can take shape, can take life - where there's hope."

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Sean Wilentz

#Thinking Quotes #Space Quotes #Trying Quotes

“A type of revolutionary novelty may be extremely beautiful in itself; but, for the creatures of habit that we are, its very novelty tends to make it illegible, at any rate to begin with.”
“Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.”

Source : "The satires of Persius". Book by Persius, 1799.
“Who burns me and shocks me and shatters me with a single touch.”

Source : Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl (2013). “Beautiful Creatures: The Complete Series”, p.158, Penguin UK
“God is a fiction invented by people so they do not have to face the reality of their condition.”

Source : "The big questions". Philosophie magazine Interview. Translated by Isabelle Chaise, www.newstatesman.com. April 2007.
“I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.”
“Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?”
“My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that is somehow otherworldly, still less to something magical or mysterious. Rather it is a call for a radical reorientation away from our habitual preoccupation with self. It is a call to turn toward the wider community of beings with whom we are connected, and for conduct which recognizes others' interests alongside our own.”
“Any husband who says, "My wife and I are completely equal partners," is talking about either a law firm or a hand of bridge.”

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