"I don't like sympathetic characters."

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Source : "Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not'". Interview with Maddy Costa, www.theguardian.com. October 01, 2012.

Howard Barker

#Character Quotes #Sympathetic Quotes

“Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.”
“In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.”

Source : Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.70, U of Nebraska Press
“When you live with integrity and value your word over your excuses, you have the power to speak your dreams into existence.”
“while one can lose oneself in a book one can never be thoroughly unhappy.”
“If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things until your nerves unfold and you can finally put up your feet. But it can all be a lie. There are no guarantees, even when people mean what they say at the time. People change their minds. People die. And the hurt is as real as a baseball bat.”
“I saw what I had been fighting for: it was for me, a scared child...”
“When life gives you lemons, you exchange them at the store for something more edible.”

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