"The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention."

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Source : Ugo Betti (1968). “Three Plays”

Ugo Betti

#Sincerity Quotes #Spontaneity Quotes #Conventions Quotes

“Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple...Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with.... My people who are trying to rule don't have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn't make you a wise king.”
“Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop. Many passengers would rather have stayed home.”
“Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart.”
“In Indian civilization I am a Baptist, because I believe in immersing the Indians in our civilization and when we get them under holding them there until they are thoroughly soaked.”

Source : Richard Henry Pratt, Robert Marshall Utley (1979). “The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Its Origins, Purposes, Progress, and the Difficulties Surmounted”
“The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.”
“Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.”

Source : Ryan Holiday (2014). “The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph”, p.35, Penguin
“When I was working upon the ABC books, I wanted to show different ways that mainstream comics could viably have gone, that they didn't have to follow 'Watchmen' and the other 1980s books down this relentlessly dark route. It was never my intention to start a trend for darkness. I'm not a particularly dark individual.”
“I think too many of my Republican friends are into perpetual warfare in the Middle East. And that scares the bejesus out of me.”

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