"The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence."

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Source : Shelagh Delaney (1959). “A Taste of Honey: A Play”, p.17, Grove Press

Shelagh Delaney

#Absence Quotes #Consolation Quotes #Ultimate Quotes

“When I work on a piece I always think if there is an abundance of male characters which one could we change to a woman or a minority character.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When profits are pursued by geographic interchange of goods, so that commerce for profit becomes the central mechanism of the system, we usually call it "commercial capitalism." In such a system goods are conveyed from ares where they are more common (and therefore cheaper) to areas where they are less common (and therefore less cheap). This process leads to regional specialization and to division of labor, both in agricultural production and in handicrafts.”
“Old texts, myths, and religions have always fascinated me, though I prefer learning about them to writing papers and trying to make thoughts and arguments regarding their effect or meaning - this being the essence of my time in religious studies.”
“Stay on your toes and always move forward.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 25, 2016
“Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.”
“It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre that we've seen since the beginning of time.”
“Everyone is a genius at least once a year.”
“He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?”

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