"Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque."

-- Frank Wedekind

#Kitsch Quotes #Gothic Quotes #Form Quotes

“Do not wait for enough time or money to accomplish what you think you have in mind. Work with what you have right now. Work with the people around you right nowâ€¦. Do not wait for what you assume is the appropriate, stress-free environment in which to generate expressionâ€¦. Do not wait till you are sure that you know what you are doingâ€¦. What you do now, what you make of your present circumstances, will determine the quality and scope of your future endeavors.”
“I decided that I'm not going to pound my fist anymore at those folks and at laws that I can't change.”

Source : Source: www.cbn.com
“I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.”
“The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”

Source : Simon Sinek (2014). “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't”, p.8, Penguin
“most People are wretched more by the Fears of what may come, than what they endure at present. ... a manifest Contradiction to good Sense; for who, with the right use of that, wou'd lose the Enjoyment of a present Comfort, to lament a Misfortune only in Supposition; which ten to one never comes to pass ...”
“Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.”

Source : Jean Shepherd (1983). “A Christmas Story: A Play in Two Acts”, p.34, Dramatic Publishing
“My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue!), A horrid chasm disclosed.”
“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”

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