"And without understanding, could each properly love the other?"

-- Anita Brookner

#Understanding Quotes

“Donâ€™t worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed, taking regular breaks from mental tasks actually improves your creativity and productivity. Skipping breaks, on the other hand, leads to stress and fatigue.”
“real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.”
“Being known for musicals is a great thing.”
“The kind of poetry that interests me is intellectual and moral and political and sexual and sensual - all of that fermenting together. It can speak to people who have themselves felt like monsters and say: you are not alone, this is not monstrous. It can disturb and enrapture.”
“It's so infectious to watch people having fun.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“I was a tap dancer as a child, so I understand precision and repetition.”

Source : "Elliott Gould on throwing his lunch at Robert Altman and Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 26, 2013.
“My life is an awkward visit from the kid's table while awaiting a History Channel special.”
“The purpose of ritual is to change the mind of the human being. It's a sacred drama in which you are the audience as well as the participant, and the purpose of it is to activate the parts of the mind that are not activated by everyday activity ... 'Magic' becomes the development of techniques that allow communication with hidden portions of the self, and with hidden portions of all other islands in this 'psychic sea.'”

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