"I am pregnant with song. My body aches but do not betray me. I will sing songs and hide them away. I will tear them into bits and throw them in the street. The streets of my city are full of dark holes. I will hide my songs in the holes of the streets."

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Source : Sherwood Anderson (2006). “Mid-American Chants”, p.1, Quale Press

Sherwood Anderson

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“Yes, yes; you’ve read thousands of books but you’ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into your mosques, but you have never tried to enter your own heart; futile are all your battles with the devil for you have never tried to fight your own desires.”
“Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.”

Source : Oliver Sacks (2008). “Musicophilia”, p.232, Vintage
“All great success is preceded by failure.”
“I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.”
“I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols, they were just doing their jobs.”

Source : "Vera Drake: Imelda Staunton about Mike Leigh". Interview with Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com. February 9, 2005.
“Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word.”
“Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.”
“The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women want those clothes.”

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