"Being dead is the most airtight defense of one's own aesthetic."

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Source : Sarah Ruhl (2014). “100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater”, p.56, Macmillan

Sarah Ruhl

#Defense Quotes #Aesthetic Quotes

“I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.”

Source : "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.
“When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!”

Source : "Gary Lineker reveals he's staying with the BBC.. and reveals men fall over themselves to speak to Danielle in the street". www.mirror.co.uk. October 9, 2011.
“Grace Kelly writes great songs, sings beautifully, is a world class saxophonist, and is going to be a big big star”
“We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.”

Source : Gerda Lerner (1998). “Why History Matters: Life and Thought”, p.205, Oxford University Press on Demand
“There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.”
“I can't live and hold the camera, someone gotta take this”
“I'm going to give Vargas the chance to cash his last paycheck. I would like to say publicly that Fatty Vargas has always feared me. I conceded to take this fight at 162 pounds because fatty couldn't lose any more weight. I will do Vargas a favor by retiring him in this fight so his family doesn't have to suffer every time he steps in the ring. I'm going to do his wife a favor and not let her cry anymore.”
“We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.”

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