"The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?"

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Dennis Potter

#Writing Quotes #Speech Quotes #Metaphor Quotes

“FANTASTIC! There is such clarity and so much humor in Stetchâ€™s playing! I have always loved that about him.”
“Some distance away is a white azalea bush which stuns me with its stately beauty.____ This is pristine natural beauty. it is irrepressible, seeks no reward, and is without goal, a beauty derived neither from symbolism nor metaphor and needing neither analogies nor associations.”

Source : "Soul Mountain". Book by Gao Xingjian, 1989.
“I came home for a week after I finished filming Rambo because, after being in the jungle for three months, all I wanted to do was walk in the Highlands.”
“I wrote The Same Sea not as a political allegory about Israelis and Palestinians. I wrote it about something much more gutsy and immediate. I wrote it as a piece of chamber music.”
“The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?”
“I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.”
“If it does not glorify Christ, let it not console or please you.”
“Gosh, it was nice talking to you, but Iâ€™ve got a lot of things Iâ€™d rather be doing. Like sticking my hand in the garbage disposal.”

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