"A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny."

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Source : Marguerite Yourcenar, Matthieu Galey (1984). “With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey”, Boston : Beacon Press

Marguerite Yourcenar

#Destiny Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Insanity Quotes

“To be whole is to be part; true voyage is return.”
“Live life today and deal with tomorrow when it comes!”
“In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the audience. Same with directing. If you are able to draw out the best from your actors, then you fulfill your job as a director.”
“No secret man. Just starvation, hunger and diet.”
“Let the business of the world take care of itself ... My business is to get the world saved; if this involves the standing still of the looms and the shutting up of the factories, and the staying of the sailing of the ships, let them all stand still. When we have got everybody converted they can go on again, and we shall be able to keep things going then by working half time and have the rest to spend in loving one another and worshipping God.”
“We're in this band, the Foo Fighters, making music for the love of music. We all came from bands that had disbanded, and we were drawn to each other because we missed playing.”
“One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.”

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