"Sometimes, language is the sound of longing"

-- Simon Van Booy

#Sound Quotes #Language Quotes #Longing Quotes

“There comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go.”
“Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party To the church doth hie! Bell, thou soundest solemnly, When, on Sabbath morning, Fields deserted lie!”
“Kids shouldn't see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn't care.”
“It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.”
“Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene supports the mind supports the body too.”

Source : John Armstrong, John Dyer (1858). “The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green: With Memoirs, and Critical Dissertations”, p.59
“Asking, â€˜If there is no God, what is the purpose of life?â€™ is like asking, â€˜If there is no master, whose slave will I be?â€™ If your purpose of life is to submit as a slave, then your meaning comes from flattering the ego of a person whom you should detest.”
“As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor is an even worker. Any one may achieve on some rare occasion an outburst of genuine feeling, a gesture of imperishable beauty, a ringing accent of truth; but your scientific actor knows how he did it. He can repeat it again and again and again. He can be depended on.”
“Night to night, doing the clubs is a lot of fun too because you have a lot more freedom and you don't have to worry about swearing or going off the script or going long or going short. If you bomb, only a handful of people see it. On TV, a lot of people see it.”

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