"I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter."

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Source : Nikolai Gogol (2011). “Dead Souls: A Novel”, p.378, Vintage

Nikolai Gogol

#Path Quotes #Saws Quotes

“12 of the best years of my life - It will never be forgotten.”
“Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.”
“Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It's so fun to do theater, because as opposed to television, you just keep doing it again and again and again - every night. Sometimes it lands beautifully, and sometimes it lands just beside of it. It's like throwing a horseshoe. It's great fun.”

Source : "Missi Pyle on Her Role in the Off-Broadway Rock Musical 'Bare'". Interview with Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. January 4, 2013.
“Of course [I'm a feminist]. And everyone I know is a feminist.”
“The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.”

Source : JOHN C. CALHOUN (1854). “A DISQUISITION ON GOVERNMENT AND A DISCOURSE ON THE CONSTITUTIONA ND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES”, p.90
“Modeling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible and you can earn good money through photographic modeling and the catwalk”
“Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.”

Source : 'Discourses on Art' (ed. R. Wark, 1975) no. 2 (11 December 1769)

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