"Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal - the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real."

-- Oswald Chambers

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“When we get the inspiration from Heave to do something. We do it now. We don't procrastinate.”
“I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.”
“If food did not exist it would be well-nigh impossible to get certain types off the phone, as one would be unable to say, 'Look, I've got to run but let's have dinner sometime soon.'”
“I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.”
“What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion takes something on the page thats really dark and adds a little sweetness to it, a living toys realm.”

Source : "Henry Selick on his 'medium dark' stop-motion movie for Disney" by Rebecca Keegan, latimesblogs.latimes.com. April 27, 2012.
“If you love someone when you're 20 and you carry that love with you until you're 90, it's not going to be the same dynamic.”
“Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.”

Source : "Performativity". Book by James Loxley, p. 81, 2006.
“Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.”

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