"Fame often comes to those who are thinking about something else, whereas celebrity comes to those who think about nothing else. Celebrity is, if you like, a forgery of fame: it has the form but lacks the content."

-- Phillip Adams

#Wisdom Quotes #Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.”
“Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human development.”
“My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives.”
“There is nothing so practical as a good theory.”

Source : Kurt Lewin (1951). “Field Theory in Social Science: Selected Theoretical Papers”, New York : Harper
“He awoke, opened his eye. The room meant very little to him; he was too deeply immersed in the non-being from which he had just come. If he had not the energy to ascertain his position in time and space, he also lacked the desire. ... In utter comfort, utter relaxation he lay absolutely still for a while, and then sank back into on the the light momentary sleeps that occur after a long, profound one.”
“Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.”
“The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.”
“Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.”

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