"The greatest obstacle to pleasure is not pain; it is delusion."

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Source : Stephen Greenblatt (2011). “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company

Stephen Greenblatt

#Pain Quotes #Obstacles Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.”
“Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties.”
“This is an apology letter to the both of us for how long it took me to let things go. It was not my intention to make such a production of the emptiness between us playing tuba on the tombstone of a soprano to try and keep some dead singerâ€™s perspective alive. Itâ€™s just that I coulda swore you had sung me a love song back there and that you meant it but I guess sometimes people just chew with their mouth open so I ate ear plugs alive with my throat hoping theyâ€™d get lodged deep enough inside the empty spots that I wouldnâ€™t have to hear you leaving”
“We have this window of opportunity; we have a chance to make something real happen. Something possible happen, to live beyond our fear, think about that, and help us. Help lift us up, help us fight this fight to change, - transform - this country in a fundamental way. This chance won't come around again.”
“People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more.”
“Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool.”
“We become what we repeatedly do.”

Source : Sean Covey (1999). “Daily Reflections For Highly Effective Teens”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“For me, painting means the continuation of dreaming by other means.”

Source : "Back to the Figure" by Paul Trachtman, www.smithsonianmag.com. October 2007.

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