"As the antagonism between those who possess, and those who do not, is becoming more acute day after day, we can already foresee a moment when it will bring about ("entraÃ®nera", Fr.) severe (big, high, intense, - "grands", Fr.) disasters, if we do turn (direct, aim, - "dirige", Fr.) life in time the social life in new directions (or ways, - "dans des voies nouvelles", Fr."

-- African Spir

#Way Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Moments Quotes

“I try to give my work everything I've got, because when you're dead or you're out of the business or you're in an old actors' home somewhere, if you've done a good job, your work will still be 16 years old and dancing and healthy and pirouetting and arabesquing all over the place. And they'll say, "That's who he is! He's not this decaying skeleton."”
“Some people think you are strong when you hold on. Others think it is when you let go.”
“The medium of poetry is a human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is just as physical or bodily an art as dancing.”

Source : Robert Pinsky (2014). “The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide”, p.8, Macmillan
“The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.”
“Pain is the body's way of ridding itself of weakness.”
“Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.”
“Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work plus vision-this is destiny.”
“I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.”

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