"Many-sidedness of culture makes our vision clearer and keener in particulars."

-- James Russell Lowell

#Vision Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.”

Source : "Hilton Als, Constructing Genre". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.
“Anger makes people feel uncomfortable, because the minute somebody shows it, it puts you in a position where you can't laugh or make light of something... not to trivialise it I don't mean. But your reaction to anger is supposed to be fear or returned anger. So, you're really trying to control a situation when you show anger and it's a very weak position to take. It often works on people who aren't in a position to fight back.”
“Nobody black had learned anything from the Letter from the Birmingham Jail or from the I Have a Dream speech. That was a revelation of white people.”
“That which is good to be done, cannot be done too soon; and if it is neglected to be done early, it will frequently happen that it will not be done at all.”

Source : RICHARD MANT (1815). “SERMONS, FOR PAROCHIAL AND DOMESTIC USE”, p.285
“I know as an actor there is a certain liberation auditioning for a role that has no beauty requirements.”
“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.”
“It was not easy for my mother, being a struggling actress and raising a child. We were these two sort of vagabonds, never knowing where the money was going to come from. She always says she couldn't afford a babysitter, which is why she put me on the stage.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.”

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