"Sociology seems to have missed every intellectually promising boat in the last half century."

-- Pierre L. van den Berghe

#Half Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Boat Quotes

“Writing is like paying myself a formal visitâ€¦”
“I want to seduce the audience. If they can go along for a ride they wouldn't ordinarily take, or don't even know they're taking, then they might see highly charged political issues in a new and unexpected way. . . . The theatre is now so afraid to face its social demons that we've given that responsibility over to film. But it will always be harder to deal with certain issues in the theatre. The live event - being watched by people as we watch - makes it seem all the more dangerous.”
“Back at his chair he cannot remember what he was reading. He feels the books beside him to find the one that is warm.”

Source : Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.31, Macmillan
“There is no national problem in the world today which cannot be resolved by reason alone.”
“I carry with me many scars, but I also carry with me moments that would not have happened if I had not dared to go beyond my limits”
“Joy is more infectious than leprosy”

Source : "Baba Amte: A Vision of New India". Book by Hans Staffner (p. 22), 2000.
“I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what the Lord is preparing for him.”
“You can't make people respond.”

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