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“Reality is as thin as paper and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.”
Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics
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“The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever. The people- beaten down today, yet rising tomorrow; losing the road one minute but finding it the next; their eyes always fixed on a star of true brotherhood, equality and dignity- the people are the real guardians of our hopes and dreams.”
Source : "Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974".
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“The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.”
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“What the world needs most is openness: Open hearts, open doors, open eyes, open minds, open ears, open souls.”
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“If you have an advantage, you have to take advantage of it.”
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“I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.”
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“Don't hope for a life without problems. An easy life results in a judgmental and lazy mind.”
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“The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.”
Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage
