"The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears"

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Source : David Whyte (2007). “The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America”, p.29, Crown Business

David Whyte

#Vitality Quotes

“But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.”
“When [Republicans] say they can reduce taxes and trim deficits at the same time, they are either deluded or deceptive, and they are playing voters for fools.”
“Landing a role now is not based on my looks - more on my acting ability.”
“I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.”
“I can't help you if you won't help yourself.”
“As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet we, O foolish race! must try our very best to ape some one or two of our neighbors, whose ideas fit us no more than their breeches!”
“I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.”
“There's no solutions to prevent corruption because it's the same thing as putting soldiers in an occupation in a foreign territory - there's too much that's gonna go wrong. There's too much human behavior that's going to get in the way. So you're gonna have to start thinking about it in a different direction, and the different direction is: what is wrong with society?”

Source : "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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