"I write about power, that's my real subject - how you get it, what you do with it, how you abuse it. I'm equally wary of liberals and conservatives."

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Source : Le Devoir, September 14, 2009.

Rene Balcer

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“Nocht is your fairnes bot ane faiding flour, Nocht is your famous laud and hie honour Bot wind inflat in uther mennis eiris.”

Source : c.1470 The Testament of Cresseid, stanza 65.
“I'm probably harder on myself than I need to be, but it's important to me if I'm going to ask an audience for an hour of their time that I don't waste their time. I want to give them something significant to chew on.”
“VeggieTales is something that, on paper, makes no sense at all. It is a series of children's videos where limbless, talking vegetables act out Bible stories. Try raising money with that pitch.”

Source : "The Philosophical Implications of Talking Vegetables". Speech at Yale University, March 02, 2005.
“It was an exceptional sensation, reading by spiderlight.”

Source : Jenny Nimmo (2011). “The Snow Spider Trilogy”, p.24, Egmont UK
“Puerto Ricans are many colors - we are Spanish, we're French, we're Thai, Indian, we're almost black, some of us.”

Source : Source: www.vulture.com
“In regards to my artistry, I've learned the importance of being vulnerable.”
“I feel vulnerable when my ego is threatened - if I get jealous of another band's good time slot at a big festival, if I'm about to get clobbered in a political debate, if I'm trying to impress someone I have a crush on. It's the opposite of openness, letting go, allowing deep feelings to express themselves. For me, that comes from playing music and from kissing.”
“I really like to plan and think ahead and put things in their place. I'm a bit of a control freak. In many ways, I have done myself a great service over the years in trying to loosen that a bit, and trying to learn how to be present and be comfortable with where I am in any particular moment, literally and figuratively. To try and find the joy and peace in any situation, even if I feel like I don't have a handle on where it is or where it's going.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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