"Everything begins only to end. The moment you were born you began to die. That's how it is with everything."

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Source : Janne Teller, Martin Aitken (2012). “Nothing”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

Janne Teller

#Moments Quotes #Ends Quotes #Born Quotes

“In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative for dancers to divide their time and studies between the mind and the body, and that both become the object of their application; but, unfortunately, all is given to the latter and nothing to the former. The legs are rarely guided by the brain, and, since intelligence and taste do not reside in the feet, one often goes astray.”
“Why do we love love when love seems to hate us?”

Source : Song: Lions, Tigers and Bears
“If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities”
“I think the most note-worthy part is that Stella [Mozgawa] had joined the band two weeks before we started recording, so that really influenced the way that the album was recorded. It was really important for Stella and Jen[ny Lee Lindberg] to lay down the drums and bass first for most songs, because they were determining how they needed to lock in together, and Stella was still kind of learning and figuring out her parts.”
“I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake.”
“Vienna, to me it was the tuning fork for the entire world. Saying the word Vienna was like striking a tuning fork and then listening to find what tone it called forth in the person I was talking to. It was how I tested people. If there was no response, this was not the kind of person I liked. Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It was the most beautiful thing in my life. I was poor, but I was not alone, because I had a friend.”
“You thought I was writing The Truth? Honey, I don't even know what The Truth means.”
“Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.”

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