"my pleasure was in the strength of my back, in my noble shoulders, the cool smooth flesh cylinders of my arms."

-- Denise Levertov

#Dream Quotes #Noble Quotes #Flesh Quotes

“I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.”
“I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up taking an acting class almost just to get rid of an arts requirement, but I wound up in this wonderful acting class with this teacher named Alma Becker who really saved my life. I was just kind of this knucklehead kid from DC and I was in and out of trouble all of the time. I took a theatre class and she really discovered something in me and I absolutely fell in love with it.”

Source : "BWW EXCLUSIVE: Jon Bernthal Talks WALKING DEAD Season Premiere, Theatre Background & More!". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 16, 2011.
“The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.”

Source : Vindiciae Gallicae sec. 1 (1791)
“Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.”
“Everyone of you has a health that is unique and totally different from everybody else. Completely! Because we... are all like snowflakes.”
“You can't repeal human nature by an Act of Congress.”
“Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, â€œforget it,â€ or â€œit will pass,â€ or â€œit could be worseâ€ - all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, â€œIt is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process.”
“When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.”

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