"My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish."

-- Harold Pinter

#Birthday Quotes #Party Quotes #Play Quotes

“The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.33, Library of Alexandria
“I don't like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.”

Source : "Fictional character: Sam Kamin". "My Giant", www.imdb.com. 1998.
“The great human problem of evil stems from the illusion of separateness. Whenever this illusion is overcome, we behave lovingly to one another.”

Source : Barbara Marx Hubbard (2010). “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential”, p.203, New World Library
“Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace.”
“I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.”
“Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts Productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.”
“The world is unable to provide any account of its own actuality, and yet there it is all the same.”

Source : David Bentley Hart (2013). “The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss”, p.80, Yale University Press
“I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.”

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