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-- W. G. Sebald

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“Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.”
“Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.”
“Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.”
“Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head. -pg. 25”
“I don't play any tournaments to come second best.”
“In general, I find that poets spend a lot of time thinking about themselves, and not a lot of time thinking about other poets, or other poetry. Unless they think about how it affects them, or how it could impact them.”
“Beyond the wounds of the child and the scars of the man, there is something in the heart of love itself that makes love pathetic.”

Source : Philip Rieff (1979). “Freud: The Mind of the Moralist”, p.164, University of Chicago Press

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