"Realism is something we practice when we aren't feeling very well. When we don't feel up to the extra effort."

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Source : Robert Edmond Jones, Delbert Unruh (1992). “Towards a new theatre: the lectures of Robert Edmond Jones”, Amadeus Press

Robert Edmond Jones

#Practice Quotes #Effort Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.”
“Lots of donations and money go to rescue dogs and cats, however the public does not understand that every cow, pig and chicken needs to be rescued too.”
“All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.”
“The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with Thelonious Monk. It happened with anybody who is really original.”
“You are the world's greatest, when you say you are.”
“I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.”
“The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.”
“"What is normal?" really becomes the question. What is normal, and how are we fooled into thinking it's something other than what we're doing at any given time. Every family has either a drug addict or an alcoholic or some sort of dysfunction that the family is dealing with. And I think the grace of this family is that they actually could be that far out there but also be forgiving, and be really human, and be human in front of each other without much shame.”

Source : "Mark Ruffalo and Maya Forbes on How YouTube and Wes Anderson Helped Shape Infinitely Polar Bear". Interview with Richard Lawson, www.vanityfair.com. June 19, 2015.

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