"Beware, my body and my soul, beware above all of crossing your arms and assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of griefs is not a proscenium, and a man who wails is not a dancing bear."

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Source : "Notebook of a Return to the Native Land". Book by Aime Cesaire, 1939.

Aime Cesaire

#Attitude Quotes #Grief Quotes #Men Quotes

“I'll make it. I won't die. I've got too much I have to do to let myself die.”
“I didn't want to write unless I could say, and think for myself. I looked to peers that I not only respected but those that supported that. I finished becoming who I am today by sticking up for myself as a voice, but that is in part thanks to the huge role the good guys I chose to work with played in my professional development. Some really terrific human beings who loved horror welcomed me with open arms.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.”

Source : "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". PBS Interveiw, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.
“Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows up your true situation and it helps you cut through it.”
“I would spar with the boys at school. This guy I had a crush on, we called him Spitfire -- I gave him a bloody nose and lip, so needless to say the romance did not work out!”
“There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though...well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do.”
“Happiness is an enemy. It weakens you. Suddenly, you have something to lose.”

Source : "Rush's soap washes away subtleties of James Hunt and Niki Lauda" by Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2013.
“Youâ€™re not too smart, are you? I like that in a man”

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