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“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.”
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“Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery:”
Source : Alexander Cockburn (1988). “Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era”, p.185, Verso
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“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”
Source : "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 297, 1980.
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“Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth sailing. What is the lesson or gift in what you are experiencing right now? Find your joy not in what's missing in your life but in how you can serve.”
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“When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far I had to go. It took years, while I was at Juilliard I worked different weekends with different people.”
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“Perhaps you will have to spend hours on your knees or upon your face before the throne. Never mind. Wait. God will do great things for you if you will wait for Him. Yield to Him. Cooperate with Him.”
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“He'd been so angry at her -always pushing his buttons, that girl. But then he'd taken her into his arms, and all that anger had blazed into a darker, hotly possessive need that had urged him to bend his head, bite down on the throbbing pulse in her neck, leave a mark.”
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“The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. There's so much more competition. You can do an event every week and not cook at all.”
Source : "In Conversation: André Soltner and David Chang". Interview with Robin Raisfeld, Rob Patronite, nymag.com. September 28, 2008.