"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life."

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Source : T. S. Eliot (1986). “The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism: Studies in the Relation of Criticism to Poetry in England”, p.3, Harvard University Press

T. S. Eliot

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Beautiful Quotes

“Not to teach the whole curriculum is to give up on the whole man.”

Source : Paul Goodman (2011). “Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society”, p.80, New York Review of Books
“America is supposed to pride itself on freedom of religion, race, and class. It's something that is carried on from ignorance and territorialism. I don't know if it's a transcendental pre-colonial mentality but I don't see too many other races of people trippin' about who is coming in and coming out. I think it's primarily racism disguised as class wars.”
“I like all like classic rock bands like The Beatles and The Who and stuff and Led Zeppelin so I kinda dress like that. Kinda retro I guess. Well not retro but, like tight. I don't know. Like just jeans and shirts. I don't know. Kinda rock and roll I guess.”

Source : Source: www.thestarscoop.com
“There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa.”
“And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint.”
“The thing I hated about it was that you live in your trailer all the time and then they call you and you do maybe two dozen lines. Then they do that for three hours and you wait and wait and wait, and I don't like waiting.”

Source : "Burning brightly". Interview with Richard Hawley, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.
“I am happy to exhibit, but not to put myself on exhibition.”
“You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.”

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