"It is not that we have a soul, we are a soul."

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Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.273, Litres

Amelia Barr

“Painting, like poetry, selects in the universe whatever she deems most appropriate to her ends. She assembles in a single fantastic personage, circumstances and features which nature distributes among many individuals. From this combination, ingeniously composed, results that happy imitation by virtue of which the artist earns the title of inventor and not of servile copyist.”
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
“A lot of Democrats have said that raising the minimum wage is both good economics and good politics. The nonpartisan CBO issued a report today saying that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost the economy about 500,000 jobs...Why should we trust Democrats on anything when they couldn't have foreseen that this would be the case?”
“You always have to remember to take care of yourself first and foremost, because when you stop taking care of yourself you get out of balance and you really forget how to take care of others.”
“There is nothing more joyful to me than hearing a live audience laugh. Especially when I planned it that way!”
“I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.”
“But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.”
“In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like hipster bars and farmers' markets and indie-rock festivals. Like everyone else, they want the vibrant and they will not be denied.”

Source : John Summers, Chris Lehmann, Thomas Frank (2014). “No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler”, p.113, MIT Press

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