"We should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in us."

-- Ruth St. Denis

#Dance Quotes #Ballet Quotes #Denial Quotes

“A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.”
“I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?'”
“That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that the true history inverts the official one.”
“In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.”
“A tendency toward enthusiasm and a chivalrous instinct have more than once been weighed as evidence of a lack of judgment.”
“I really do think for the vast majority of cases, doctors didn't think they were doing anything wrong - they were doing what was being recommended at the time, and many times people were able to take these prescription opioids and not have a problem with it. But what we do know is that if we take these drugs long-term, dependency develops quickly, within as little as a week. What we all have to realize is that these pills are chemical cousins of ***** - one is an illegal opioid and one is legal, but they are relatives.”
“Stars. Trees breathe in starlight year after year, and it goes deep into their bones. So when you cut a tree open, you smell a hundred years' worth of light. Ancient starlight that took millions of years to reach earth. That's why trees smell so beautiful and old.”

Source : Frances O'Roark Dowell (2013). “Where I'd Like To Be”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“Even if you buy a fur glove with the little trim, and you think 'Oh, my God, it's just a little trim,' that animal got clubbed.”

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