"Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts."

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Source : "Performativity". Book by James Loxley, p. 81, 2006.

J. L. Austin

#Character Quotes #Heirs Quotes #Ill Quotes

“Blue. My God! I'm so blue that if I were a dog, I'd sit on my haunches and howl and howl and howl...”
“You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.”
“Always throw your clubs ahead of you. That way you don't have to waste energy going back to pick them up.”
“The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years old. I remember thinking, This is the most beautiful song I will ever hear. And that remains true for me to this day. His music is the sole reason I wanted to be on Broadway. I wanted to sing music that transports us to the most important place one can travel, our hearts.”
“Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.”
“Concentrate on defense because the offense will come.”

Source : Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. February 8, 2006.
“My family has always supported me completely and kept me grounded. I never got lost in child Hollywood actor weirdness.”

Source : "Sara Paxton on The Innkeepers, Shark Night 3-D and Julia Roberts Marathons". Interview with Julie Miller, June 23, 2011.
“We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.”

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