"We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding scene, and we tend to lose the meaning of the play."

-- Regis Debray

#Play Quotes #History Quotes #Wearing A Mask Quotes

“Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.”
“Move forward with no second-guessing, no guilt trips, no hesitation. Your purpose is to recreate yourself anew in each moment.”
“The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.”
“I like the idea of the museum world and the university-academic situation where artists talk to each other or where artists or art students study with artists.”
“You know, my basic theory about kids: they are monsters in children ziploc suits, which they discard when they go to school each day.”

Source : Douglas Clegg (1989). “Goat Dance: A Novel of Supernatural Horror”, p.49, Alkemara Press
“I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.”
“Recovering alcoholic guys wake up in the morning, and they have to think of a reason to get up, and then, once they're up, to not have a drink. It's like all these little heroic battles they have that they fight with and against every day of their lives.”
“Around 20 million premature and low-birth weight babies are born every year and are at high risk of death or disability because of hypothermia.”

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