"The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Mother Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Tunes Quotes

“the net effect of increasing scale, centralization of capital, vertical integration and diversification within the corporate form of enterprise has been to replace the 'invisible hand' of the market by the 'visible hand' of the managers.”
“Thoughts, words, ideas and information, free from any bonds or restrictions, is the very concrete which pours out a foundation strong enough that upon which a house, stable and lasting, of true freedom and liberty may be built.”
“I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.”
“Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies...that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself.”
“The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them - especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in denial when you make a mistake, you should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as if they were works of art, which in a way they are.”
“History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.”
“My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself.”
“I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I was a total nerd, trying to fit in. Luckily, I found music and that was my niche. That sorta took me out of my geekdom. I was never invited to parties as a teenager - I turned up with the popular people. That's where the lyrics to 'Guilty By Association' came from.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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