"I, along with the critics, have never taken myself very seriously"

-- Elizabeth Taylor

#Taken Quotes #Critics Quotes

“The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon.”

Source : Fred Alan Wolf (1999). “The Spiritual Universe: One Physicists Vision of Spirit, Soul, Matter, and Self”, p.26, Red Wheel/Weiser
“We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar, but ultimately itself, comfortable in its own skin, wise and smart and crazy-sexy or maybe sexy-crazy-well, you just have to read it to understand. It's a novel that sets its own course, sure and steady, even when it seems like it might be about to go over the edge of the world.”
“Photography forces one out into the world, interacting with people and the environment. It flexes all those right brain, spatially-adept muscles.”
“Much music teaching seems more concerned with controlling the student than with encouraging the student's own impulses.”

Source : William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.43, Amadeus Press
“I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.”
“For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel this way or that way about my character does not feel like my responsibility. It feels like the responsibility of the writer and the person who created it.”
“In so many ways, he had wanted this his whole lifeâ€”or at least ever since heâ€™d survived his transition and had any sexual impulse at all. This moment was the culmination of countless daydreams and innumerable fantasies, his secret desire made manifest.”
“Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.”

Source : "Q&A: Alexa Chung" by Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2011.

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