"A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation."

-- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

#Culture Quotes #Mythology Quotes #Civilisation Quotes

“Im 48 now and I would like to have another baby. I would love to because of all the things I have learned. It would be like starting all over again. But am I too old? Im young at heart and I would be different this time round.”
“Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous.”
“I love Kentucky people, but you have to get on the inside before they accept you.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I like to make money; I like to have nice things. But I love to act; I love to tell stories.”
“Choosing a director is like choosing a therapist - you want somebody who is going to be a step or two ahead of you, who can interpret and articulate your intentions better than you can, with the benefit of objectivity. I look for a collaborator who is going to help bring to life, on stage, in three dimensions, what is on the page. I wouldn't want a director who imposes conceits or distrusts the text or who has prejudged the characters.”
“Ordinary facts are arranged within time, strung along its length as on a thread. There they have their antecedents and their consequences, which crowd tightly together and press hard one upon the other without any pause. This has its importance for any narrative, of which continuity and successiveness are the soul.”

Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics
“What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.”
“And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.”

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