"There seems to be no agent more effective than another person in bringing a world for oneself alive, or, by a glance, a gesture, or a remark, shriveling up the reality in which one is lodged."

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Source : "Encounters: Two Studies in the Sociology of Interaction". Book by Erving Goffman, p. 38, 1971.

Erving Goffman

#Reality Quotes #Agents Quotes #Alive Quotes

“The brain, knowing that a person can't live forever in this world, rationalizes a future, or other-dimensional, world in which immortality is possible. In other words, religion is the earliest form of science fiction.”
“By and large, the world wants to move away from the nuclear era. The question is how fast and how far. In a world of sovereign nation-states, I can't rationalize any number above zero. If it's more than zero, you have to acknowledge every nation has the right to have them.”

Source : Source: articles.chicagotribune.com
“Why do I write? I write to entertain my friends and to exasperate our enemies. To unfold the folded lie, to record to truth of our time, and, of course, to promote esthetic bliss.”
“Don't bury your failures, let them inspire you.”
“The stage floor was a stage of thin ice for me to tread. To hold my own or to sink through and die, never to be remembered.”
“The most indespensible ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.”
“You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.
“I made a lot of mistakes but they were correctable mistakes.”

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