"Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation."

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Source : Angela Carter (1998). “Shaking a Leg: Collected Writings”, Penguin Group USA

Angela Carter

#Culture Quotes #Language Quotes #Instruments Quotes

“The morning we left South Bend, every student and professor was out of bed long before breakfast and marched downtown accompanying the team to the railroad station. It was the first time I'd seen anything like this mass hysteria generated on the Notre Dame campus over a football game.”
“Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
“And just as love has two sides, so too does Death. While Ismae will serve as His mercy, I will not, for that is not how He fashioned me. Every death I have witnessed, every horror I have endured, has forged me to be who I am -- Death's justice.”
“Do you believe in an invisible reality behind appearances?”

Source : Dion Fortune (2003). “Moon Magic”, p.109, Weiser Books
“These abnormal aspects included the shapes of UFOs and their behavior. Most of the UFOs seen in the daytime were said to have had simple geometric shapes-discs, ovals, spheres, cylinders-and surfaces that looked like metal. Such shapes are not only nonexistent among known aircraft, but contrary to all known theories of flight, in most cases offering control and performance disadvantages rather than advantages.”
“When I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it. I didnt know I had any knack for it, but I really enjoyed myself. It was a complete surprise.”
“Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that's all. I don't know if he's right, but I do know that I spend a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.”
“I've always been a guy who likes big games.”

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