"Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are."

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Source : Julio Cortazar (2016). “Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much”, p.508, Everyman's Library

Julio Cortazar

#Dream Quotes #Play Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.”
“A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with losing without having my spirit or confidence broken, which would help immensely over time, not just in the big picture but even in specific matches when I found myself in a jam. Fear of losing is a terrible thing.”

Source : Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.25, Crown Archetype
“I wondered how television worked. I thought about how an interior decorator decided on colors and styles. I wondered, when babies tarted learning how to walk, if they didn't know that that couldn't walk.”
“I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.”
“I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.”
“Sometimes the show needs that kick in the ***** so being able to sing a Nirvana song kind of takes it there. I've grown up putting on extravagant shows with Girl Talk so when I'm playing I like to go nuts. After 30 minutes of pointing and clicking it's nice to scream into a microphone for three minutes.”
“Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but itâ€™s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I donâ€™t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots.”
“The notion that better engineering can solve all our problems is rooted in an ignorance of non-linear systems and selective/wishful thinking.”

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