"Joy is a strength; intoxication, a weakness."

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Source : August Bournonville (1979). “My theatre life”, Wesleyan

August Bournonville

#Dance Quotes #Joy Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.”
“The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it's like to LACK that knowledge.”
“If people insist on living as if there's no tomorrow, there really won't be one.”
“If I do become more successful, either as a producer or a rapper, I'm going to do everything I can to help whoever I can on the label.”
“Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!”
“It suddenly hit me one day: after we're married I'll be called Mrs T Leaf!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 1997.
“The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history.”
“The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by dint of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other - until one day when they are suddenly declared to be the country's official ideology.”

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