"There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field."

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Source : Adah Isaacs Menken (2002). “Infelicia and Other Writings”, p.80, Broadview Press

Adah Isaacs Menken

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“I'm not interested in being gratuitously relatable and broadening out what I do in order to reach more people. When I'm going into specific details of the trauma, I think it's the details that connect with people. I'm accidentally relatable - I didn't mean to be, and I didn't think I would be. It feels like what I'm saying on stage is quite shameful and possibly perverted; so for other people to be laughing and go, "Oh, yes, we understand that. We are like that too," is very lovely.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“This contract is so one-sided that I am astonished to find it written on both sides of the paper.”
“I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic.”
“For extending its sway, partly by force of arms, partly by the voluntary submission of weaker tribes, the community soon acquires wealth and slaves, both of which, by relieving some classes from the perpetual struggle for a bare subsistence, afford them an opportunity of devoting themselves to that disinterested pursuit of knowledge which is the noblest and most powerful instrument to ameliorate the lot of man.”
“So dance music is now pop music. So now, as a dance producer, what do I have to do? So I'm starting to do alien music, because pop is not pop anymore; we need to go alien to be independent.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea.”
“I mean, the power of water to lift cars is amazing. A creek backed up near a railroad track. And an entire train was lifted off of the railroad track and dumped over. People just need to make sure they do not drive into water. It floats the cars, and then we have deaths because of it.”

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“I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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